PATINDEX (SQL Server Compact)
Returns the starting position of the first occurrence of a pattern in a specified expression, or zeros if the pattern is not found, on all valid text and character data types.
Syntax
PATINDEX ( '%pattern%', expression )
Arguments
pattern
A literal string. Wildcard characters can be used; however, the % character must precede and follow the pattern (except when searching for first or last characters). The pattern argument is an expression of types that can be implicitly converted to nchar, nvarchar, or ntext.expression
An expression, usually a column that is searched to find the specified pattern. The expressionargument can be nchar, nvarchar, or ntext.
Return Value
int
Example
The following example searches the list of products that have the word "Anton" in their name.
SELECT ProductName, PATINDEX('%Anton%', ProductName)
FROM Products