I have a table with column name
that has random characters before and after the name ie:
Table A:
Name
-----------------
asd4345JONlkj345
.;lidDavidlksd$
and I have another table in same DB that has the names ie:
Table B:
Name
------
David
Jon
This goes on like this for 30k rows or I'd just hardcode something really quick. I want to search each string in Table A 'Name' column for each value from Table B, and if found return the name in a new column.
I have a feeling this will be a UDF, which is fine, I'm just unsure how to use patindex in this scenario, or if that is even the right approach.