SQL String Functions PARSENAME

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Example

DATABASE : SQL Server

PARSENAME function returns the specific part of given string(object name). object name may contains string like object name,owner name, database name and server name.

More details MSDN:PARSENAME

Syntax

PARSENAME('NameOfStringToParse',PartIndex)

Example

To get object name use part index 1

SELECT PARSENAME('ServerName.DatabaseName.SchemaName.ObjectName',1)  // returns `ObjectName`
SELECT PARSENAME('[1012-1111].SchoolDatabase.school.Student',1)     // returns `Student`

To get schema name use part index 2

SELECT PARSENAME('ServerName.DatabaseName.SchemaName.ObjectName',2)  // returns `SchemaName`
SELECT PARSENAME('[1012-1111].SchoolDatabase.school.Student',2)     // returns `school`

To get database name use part index 3

SELECT PARSENAME('ServerName.DatabaseName.SchemaName.ObjectName',3) // returns `DatabaseName`
SELECT PARSENAME('[1012-1111].SchoolDatabase.school.Student',3)    // returns `SchoolDatabase` 

To get server name use part index 4

SELECT PARSENAME('ServerName.DatabaseName.SchemaName.ObjectName',4)  // returns `ServerName`
SELECT PARSENAME('[1012-1111].SchoolDatabase.school.Student',4)     // returns `[1012-1111]`

PARSENAME will returns null is specified part is not present in given object name string



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