SQL Server 2000: how do I return only the number from a phone number column

Question

I\'m trying to strip out the \"(\", \")\", \"-\", \"x\" or \"X\" \"ext\" and spaces from each phone number so I am left with only the first 10 digits or 1st 10 numbers of a

Answer 1

Another way to do it, if you didn't want to use a User Defined Function would be to use the REPLACE function, like so:

SELECT Phone, REPLACE(REPLACE(REPLACE(REPLACE(Phone,' ',''),'(',''),')',''),'-','') AS NewPhone
FROM Contacts

Although its a bit klunky, it should serve your purpose.