使用多个分隔符解析字符串

Question

I have a field (call it Reporting_Hierarchy ) with a value like:

Accounting: NorthAmerica: AP: Accounts Payable

I want to create a new field, based off of Reporting_Hierarchy , that only takes the text after the third colon. In this case, that would = Accounts Payable

What is the recommended way to do this? I have tried combinations of RIGHT/LEFT with charindex() but I am not getting exactly what I want. I know REGEX is also an option, but not sure if that is the easiest route here.

Answer 1

You can use split_part() :

select split_part(Reporting_Hierarchy, ':', 4)