The PATINDEX() function is a character function in SQL Server that is used to find the position of the first occurrence of a specific pattern of characters within a string.<\/p>\n
Returns the starting position of the first occurrence of a specified pattern within a given expression.<\/p>\n
In this case, the pattern is the pattern to be searched, which can be normal characters, wildcards, or regular expressions; expression is the expression to be searched.<\/p>\n
The PATINDEX() function returns the position of the first matching character, and returns 0 if no match is found.<\/p>\n
I was very surprised by the unexpected news. <\/p>\n
I was taken aback by the surprising news.<\/p>\n
PATINDEX function called on the string ‘abcde’ with the pattern ‘%a%’ will return the value 2.<\/p>\n
Return the position of the first letter in the string ‘abcde’.<\/p>\n
The PATINDEX function with the pattern ‘\\w{2} \\w{2} \\w{2}’ applied to the string ‘AB CD EF’ will return 1.<\/p>\n
It is important to note that the PATINDEX() function is case-insensitive. If you need it to be case-sensitive, you should use the BINARY keyword.<\/p>\n
I need to pick up the laundry from the dry cleaners. <\/p>\n
I have to collect my clothes from the dry cleaners.<\/p>\n
The query SELECT PATINDEX(BINARY \u2018a%\u2019, \u2018ABC\u2019) will return 0.<\/p>\n
The function PATINDEX(BINARY ‘A%’, ‘ABC’) returns 1.<\/p>\n
In practical applications, the PATINDEX() function is commonly used for scenarios such as fuzzy searching and regular expression matching.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The PATINDEX() function is a character function in SQL Server that is used to find the position of the first occurrence of a specific pattern of characters within a string. Returns the starting position of the first occurrence of a specified pattern within a given expression. In this case, the pattern is the pattern to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_import_markdown_pro_load_document_selector":0,"_import_markdown_pro_submit_text_textarea":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26784","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n