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Can I reformat a phone number in SQL manager. I imported a foxpro dbf with the dts wizard and it imported the phone number as (609) 555-1212 I need it to be 6095551212

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Can I reformat a phone number in SQL manager. I imported a foxpro dbf with the dts wizard and it imported the phone number as (609) 555-1212 I need it to be 6095551212

Try Nested REPLACE Functions
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SELECT  REPLACE(REPLACE(REPLACE(REPLACE('(800) 555-1212', '(', ''), ')', ''), ' ', ''), '-', '')

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copy and paste this and change the literal phone number to your field name or variable.

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i DID find a stored procedure that worked but thanks, I keep this with my pile of scripts

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