How do I strip special characters in SSRS for Lookup columns with Multiple Selections?

Question

Hello all,
Please let me know if I am posting in the wrong location.
I am building reports against my SharePoint List (actually a library).  1 of the columns I want to display in the report is a Lookup column that allows Multiple lookups.  Problem is that the SharePoint Web Service call GetListItems returns the values with the item id and ";#" combination.  For example:
122;#Apple;#112;#Carrot
but I need the following format:
Apple, Carrot
Following this great article posting - http://www.sharepointu.com/dwise/archive/2007/11/28/connecting-sql-reporting-services-to-a-sharepoint-list-redux.aspx
I was able to drop the first part using the following code
function GetNameFromSP(pFullID as string) as string
  dim strRet as string
  dim iPos as integer
  if pFullID = nothing then return ""
  if pFullID = "" then return ""
  iPos = Instr(pFullID, ";")
  if iPos < 1 then return pFullID
  return Mid(pFullID, iPos +2)
end function
But it does not replace the subsquent id references.
Anyone done this before that can provide me tips?
Thanks!
Jeff Kozloff
Project Manager, Solutions Team
Bamboo Solutions
http://www.bamboosolutions.com

Answer 1

All,
Here is the updated code that resolves my issue (a coworker of mine provided the following code):
Function TrimMultiLookup(ByVal s As String) As String
        Dim combStr As String
        Dim array As String()
        Dim c As Integer
        combStr = String.Empty
        array = Split(s, ";#")
        Console.WriteLine(array.Length)
        For c = 1 To array.Length - 1 Step 2
            combStr += array(c) + ", "
        Next
        Return Left(combStr, combStr.Length - 2)
    End Function
Jeff Kozloff
Project Manager, Solutions Team
Bamboo Solutions
http://www.bamboosolutions.com