String
Manipulation
Fucntions
in SQL
Here are some essential SQL
string functions every data
engineer should have in their
toolkit:
SUBSTRING()
Extracts Part of a String.
Syntax & Example
REGEXP_REPLACE()
Use regex to clean or transform strings.
Perfect for stripping non-numeric characters,
cleaning special symbols, or formatting strings with
complex rules.
Syntax & Example
source_string: The original string you're
transforming
pattern: The regex pattern to match
replacement: What to replace the match with
flags (optional): Like 'g' for global replace (all
matches)
CHARINDEX() /
INSTR()
Finds the position of a substring
Syntax & Example
LEFT() / RIGHT()
Get the start or end of a string
Syntax & Example
REPLACE()
Replace all occurrences of a
substring
Syntax & Example
TRIM() / LTRIM() /
RTRIM()
Remove whitespace
Syntax & Example
CONCAT()
Combine multiple strings
Syntax & Example
LOWER() / UPPER()
Change case
Syntax & Example
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