Function to strip HTML/ASP/PHP tags from text

>>Script Language and Platform: SQL Server 2000

This function strips HTML tags (or any string between < and > characters) out of text strings.

Example:

Declare @MyText varchar(30)

Set @MyText = ‘<b>My <i>sample</i> Text</b>’

Select dbo.fnStripTags(@MyText)
Results:
———————

My sample Text
(1 row(s) affected)

Author: Robert Davis

/******

 Object: User Defined Function dbo.fnStripTags

 Script Author: Robert Davis, robertd@realtechllc.com

 Purpose: Strip HTML tags out of text. Anything enclosed in ‘<‘ and ‘>’ will be removed.

******/

Create Function dbo.fnStripTags

	(@Dirty varchar(4000))

	Returns varchar(4000)

As
Begin

	Declare @Start int,

		@End int,

		@Length int
	While CharIndex(‘<‘, @Dirty) > 0 And CharIndex(‘>’, @Dirty, CharIndex(‘<‘, @Dirty)) > 0

	    Begin

		Select @Start = CharIndex(‘<‘, @Dirty),

		  @End = CharIndex(‘>’, @Dirty, CharIndex(‘<‘, @Dirty))

		Select @Length = (@End – @Start) + 1

		If @Length > 0

		    Begin

			Select @Dirty = Stuff(@Dirty, @Start, @Length, ”)

		    End

	    End
	return @Dirty

End

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