Get everything after and before certain character in SQL Server

Question

I got the following entry in my database:

images/test.jpg

I want to trim the entry so I get: test

So basically, I want

Answer 1

Inspired by the work of Josien, I wondered about a simplification.

Would this also work? Much shorter:

SELECT SUBSTRING(col, CHARINDEX ('/', col) + 1, CHARINDEX ('.', col) - CHARINDEX ('/', col) - 1);

(I can't test right now because of right issues at my company SQL server, which is a problem in its own right)

Answer 2

 declare @T table
  (
  Col varchar(20)
  )



  insert into @T 
  Select 'images/test1.jpg'
  union all
  Select 'images/test2.png'
  union all
  Select 'images/test3.jpg'
  union all
  Select 'images/test4.jpeg'
  union all
  Select 'images/test5.jpeg'

 Select substring( LEFT(Col,charindex('.',Col)-1),charindex('/',Col)+1,len(LEFT(Col,charindex('.',Col)-1))-1 )
from @T

Answer 3

I just did this in one of my reports and it was very simple.

Try this:

=MID(Fields!.Value,8,4)

Note: This worked for me because the value I was trying to get was a constant not sure it what you are trying to get is a constant as well.