All,
I'm trying to create a function similar to the following in Hana, now select statements are not allowed in Hana Scalar functions hence I was looking for another option. Something I can use inline in a query.
Thanks for all the comments so far.
Regards,
Will
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CREATE FUNCTION [dbo].[GetCurrencyValue](@myString varchar(500), @validChars varchar(100))
RETURNS varchar(500) AS
BEGIN
While @myString like '%[^' + @validChars + ']%'
Select @myString = replace(@myString,substring(@myString,patindex('%[^' + @validChars + ']%',@myString),1),'')
Return @myString
END
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