Clear Duplicate Characters From String In Sql Server

Try the below code to remove duplicate characters from the string.

DECLARE @Str VarChar(8000) = '-----------:: Chand Dakhara ::-----------'
DECLARE @DuplicateChar VarChar(1) = '-'
DECLARE @SearchChar VARCHAR(2)

SET @SearchChar = @DuplicateChar + @DuplicateChar

SELECT @Str AS 'Before Replace'
BEGIN
WHILE CHARINDEX(@SearchChar, @Str) > 0
    BEGIN
        SET @Str = REPLACE(@Str, @SearchChar,@DuplicateChar) 
    END
SELECT @Str AS 'After Replace'
END

Here I’m setting the addition of the @DuplicateChar string into @SearchChar. Logic is very simple. Through the loop search @SearchChar into the string and if found then replace it with the @DuplicateChar.

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