http://blog.sqlauthority.com/2008/10/14/sql-server-get-numeric-value-from-alpha-numeric-string-udf-for-get-numeric-numbers-only/
CREATE FUNCTION dbo.udf_GetNumeric(@strAlphaNumeric VARCHAR(256))RETURNS VARCHAR(256)AS
BEGIN
DECLARE @intAlpha INT
SET @intAlpha = PATINDEX('%[^0-9]%', @strAlphaNumeric)BEGIN
WHILE @intAlpha > 0BEGIN
SET @strAlphaNumeric = STUFF(@strAlphaNumeric, @intAlpha, 1, '' )SET @intAlpha = PATINDEX('%[^0-9]%', @strAlphaNumeric )END
END
RETURN ISNULL(@strAlphaNumeric,0)ENDGO
/* Run the UDF with different test values */SELECT dbo.udf_GetNumeric('') AS 'EmptyString';SELECT dbo.udf_GetNumeric('asdf1234a1s2d3f4@@@') AS'asdf1234a1s2d3f4@@@';SELECT dbo.udf_GetNumeric('123456') AS '123456';SELECT dbo.udf_GetNumeric('asdf') AS 'asdf';SELECT dbo.udf_GetNumeric(NULL) AS 'NULL';GO