mssql (tsql) procedure replace order - tsql

Question

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<td class="m92_t_col5" id="preis_0">xx</td>
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i want to change to
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<td id="preis_0" class="m92_t_col5">xxx</td>
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So id="" must be first and then class="". Is this possible to do with tsql? Text in id or class is generic...

Answer 1

I need to go find some soap but given your requirements, this is an example of how to achieve the desired replacement.
-- This will probably not perform terribly well for a number of
-- reasons, not the least of which we are doing lots of string manipulation
-- within tsql.
-- Much of this query nonsense could be consolidated into fewer queries
-- but given the dearth of information, I chose to build out the solution
-- in a tumbling data anti-pattern
;
WITH SAMPLE_DATA AS
(
-- gin up some demo data
-- with random spacing and ids to make valid test cases
select '<td class="m92_t_col5" id="preis_0">xx</td>' AS html
union all select '<td id="preis_2" class="m29_t_col5">no fix req</td>'
union all select '<td id="preis_49" class="m29_t_col5">no fix req</td>'
union all select '<td class="m93_t_col50" id="preis_3">xy</td>'
union all select '<td class="m95_t_col5" style="fuzzy" id="preis_5">xz</td>'
union all select '<td id="preis_8" class="m29_t_col5">no fix req</td>'
)
, ORDINALS AS
(
-- Find the starting position of the keywords
SELECT SD.*
, CHARINDEX('class=', SD.html, 0) AS class_ordinal
, CHARINDEX('id=', SD.html, 0) AS id_ordinal
-- You will really need something in here to keep stuff straight
-- otherwise when we bring it all back together, it'll be wrong
, ROW_NUMBER() OVER (ORDER BY (SELECT 1)) AS original_sequence
FROM SAMPLE_DATA SD
)
, NEEDS_MODIFIED AS
(
-- identify the rows that need modified
-- and use the ordinals in previous query to find the close position
SELECT
O.*
, CHARINDEX('"', O.html, O.class_ordinal+7) + 1 AS class_ordinal_end_quote
, CHARINDEX('"', O.html, O.id_ordinal+4) + 1 AS id_ordinal_end_quote
FROM
ORDINALS O
WHERE
O.id_ordinal > O.class_ordinal
)
, FIND_PARTS AS
(
-- strip out the parts
SELECT
NM.*
, SUBSTRING(NM.html, class_ordinal, class_ordinal_end_quote - class_ordinal) AS class
, SUBSTRING(NM.html, id_ordinal, id_ordinal_end_quote - id_ordinal) AS id
FROM
NEEDS_MODIFIED NM
)
, DONE AS
(
SELECT
-- This is the heart of the matter
-- having identified the correct text values for class and id
-- we will now perform a triple replace
-- Replace 1 is swapping the class text with somthing that should not exist in source
-- Replace 2 replaces the id text with our class text
-- Replace 3 removes our placeholder value with id
REPLACE(REPLACE(REPLACE(FP.html, FP.class, '~~|~'), FP.id, FP.class), '~~|~', FP.id) AS html
, FP.original_sequence
FROM
FIND_PARTS FP
UNION ALL
SELECT
O.html
, O.original_sequence
FROM
ORDINALS O
WHERE
O.id_ordinal < O.class_ordinal
)
SELECT
D.html
FROM
DONE D
ORDER BY
D.original_sequence
Input
<td class="m92_t_col5" id="preis_0">xx</td>
<td id="preis_2" class="m29_t_col5">no fix req</td>
<td id="preis_49" class="m29_t_col5">no fix req</td>
<td class="m93_t_col50" id="preis_3">xy</td>
<td class="m95_t_col5" style="fuzzy" id="preis_5">xz</td>
<td id="preis_8" class="m29_t_col5">no fix req</td>
Output
<td id="preis_0" class="m92_t_col5">xx</td>
<td id="preis_2" class="m29_t_col5">no fix req</td>
<td id="preis_49" class="m29_t_col5">no fix req</td>
<td id="preis_3" class="m93_t_col50">xy</td>
<td id="preis_5" style="fuzzy" class="m95_t_col5">xz</td>
<td id="preis_8" class="m29_t_col5">no fix req</td>
After doing some thinking, you might have been trying to ask for that as a scalar function. This will probably have even worse performance but it solves the problem.
-- Same logic as above, now in function form
CREATE FUNCTION dbo.ClassIdSwap
(
#input varchar(max)
)
RETURNS varchar(max)
AS
BEGIN
DECLARE
#class_ordinal int
, #class_text varchar(max)
, #class_ordinal_end_quote int
, #id_ordinal int
, #id_text varchar(max)
, #id_ordinal_end_quote int
, #out_html varchar(max)
SELECT
#class_ordinal = CHARINDEX('class=', #input, 0)
, #id_ordinal = CHARINDEX('id=', #input, 0)
SELECT
#class_ordinal_end_quote = CHARINDEX('"', #input, #class_ordinal+7) + 1
, #id_ordinal_end_quote = CHARINDEX('"', #input, #id_ordinal+4) + 1
-- bail out early
IF (#id_ordinal < #class_ordinal)
BEGIN
RETURN #input
END
SELECT
#class_text = SUBSTRING(#input, #class_ordinal, #class_ordinal_end_quote - #class_ordinal)
, #id_text = SUBSTRING(#input, #id_ordinal, #id_ordinal_end_quote - #id_ordinal)
RETURN (REPLACE(REPLACE(REPLACE(#input, #class_text, '~~|~'), #id_text, #class_text), '~~|~', #id_text))
END
Usage
;
WITH SAMPLE_DATA AS
(
-- gin up some demo data
-- with random spacing and ids to make valid test cases
select '<td class="m92_t_col5" id="preis_0">xx</td>' AS html
union all select '<td id="preis_2" class="m29_t_col5">no fix req</td>'
union all select '<td id="preis_49" class="m29_t_col5">no fix req</td>'
union all select '<td class="m93_t_col50" id="preis_3">xy</td>'
union all select '<td class="m95_t_col5" style="fuzzy" id="preis_5">xz</td>'
union all select '<td id="preis_8" class="m29_t_col5">no fix req</td>'
)
SELECT
D.html
, dbo.ClassIdSwap(D.html) AS modified
FROM
SAMPLE_DATA D