Search for columnName and Split data based on that column name

Question

Hi All,
I have a table with one column, lets say Notes of datatype varchar(max).
Source Date:
Notes
ABC:123:XYZ Dept:IT NameID:1 Name:Tom Hummer Date:04/12/2004
456789:CDEF:ADEF
CBD:12/12/2000:ZXCV Dept:HR NameID:1 Name:Sam Dope Date:06/17/2005
I want Output should look like below. It should split data at 'Dept:' and 'Name:' I need SQl code  for SQL Server 2008 R2
Output:
Notes
Dept:IT Name:Tom Hummer
Dept:HR Name:Sam Dope
Thanks,
RH
sql

Answer 1

Hello,
Please refer to the following statements:
create table notes (note varchar(max));
insert into notes values
('ABC:123:XYZ Dept:IT NameID:1 Name:Tom Hummer Date:04/12/2004'),
('456789:CDEF:ADEF'),
('7890:RST:QWER Dept:Sales NameID:2 Name:Mike Kule'),
('CBD:12/12/2000:ZXCV Dept:HR NameID:1 Name:Sam Dope Date:06/17/2005')
select case
when charindex('Name:',note)>0 and charindex('Date:',note)>0
then SUBSTRING(note,charindex('Name:',note)-1,charindex('Date:',note)-charindex('Name:',note))
when charindex('Name:',note)>0 and charindex('Date:',note)=0
then SUBSTRING(note,charindex('Name:',note)-1,len(note)-charindex('Name:',note))
end as name
from notes
where charindex('Name:',note)>0
Regards,
Fanny Liu
Fanny Liu
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