-- \'%[^a-z]%\' CREATE Function [dbo].[RemoveNonAlphaCharacters](@Temp VarChar(1000)) Returns VarChar(1000) AS Begin While PatIndex(\'%[^a-z]%\', @Temp) > 0 Set @Temp = Stuff(@Temp, PatIndex(\'%[^a-z]%\', @Temp), 1, \'\') Return @TEmp End -- \'%[^a-z0-9]%\' CREATE Function [dbo].[RemoveNonAlphaNumericCharacters](@Temp VarChar(1000)) Returns VarChar(1000) AS Begin While PatIndex(\'%[^a-z0-9]%\', @Temp) > 0 Set @Temp = Stuff(@Temp, PatIndex(\'%[^a-z0-9]%\', @Temp), 1, \'\') Return @Temp End -- \'%[^0-9]%\' CREATE Function [dbo].[RemoveNonNumericCharacters](@Temp VarChar(1000)) Returns VarChar(1000) AS Begin While PatIndex(\'%[^0-9]%\', @Temp) > 0 Set @Temp = Stuff(@Temp, PatIndex(\'%[^0-9]%\', @Temp), 1, \'\') Return @TEmp End