(SQL Server) StringBuilder EntityDecode

Demonstrates the Chilkat StringBuilder EntityDecode method to decode HTML entities.

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-- Important: See this note about string length limitations for strings returned by sp_OAMethod calls.
--
CREATE PROCEDURE ChilkatSample
AS
BEGIN
    DECLARE @hr int
    -- Important: Do not use nvarchar(max).  See the warning about using nvarchar(max).
    DECLARE @sTmp0 nvarchar(4000)
    -- Decode the following HTML entities, replacing each with the character represented.
    DECLARE @s nvarchar(4000)
    SELECT @s = 'é é é Latin small letter e with acute'

    DECLARE @sb int
    -- Use "Chilkat_9_5_0.StringBuilder" for versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.StringBuilder', @sb OUT
    IF @hr <> 0
    BEGIN
        PRINT 'Failed to create ActiveX component'
        RETURN
    END

    DECLARE @success int
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @sb, 'Append', @success OUT, @s
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @sb, 'EntityDecode', @success OUT

    -- Output: é é é Latin small letter e with acute
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @sb, 'GetAsString', @sTmp0 OUT
    PRINT @sTmp0

    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @sb


END
GO