(SQL Server) StringBuilder RemoveBefore

Demonstrates the StringBuilder.RemoveBefore method.

The GetBefore method was added in Chilkat v9.5.0.77

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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)
    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, 'http://www.chilkatsoft.com'

    -- The RemoveBefore method removes the chars up to and including the marker string.
    -- If the marker is not found, then nothing is removed and the method returns 0.
    DECLARE @marker nvarchar(4000)
    SELECT @marker = '//'
    DECLARE @bFound int
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @sb, 'RemoveBefore', @bFound OUT, @marker


    PRINT 'bFound = ' + @bFound

    EXEC sp_OAMethod @sb, 'GetAsString', @sTmp0 OUT
    PRINT 'sb contains: ' + @sTmp0

    -- Output is:
    -- bFound = 1
    -- sb contains: www.chilkatsoft.com

    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @sb


END
GO