Remove Duplicate Chars From String CREATE FUNCTION dbo.REMOVE_DUPLICATE_INSTR ( @datalen_tocheck INT , @string VARCHAR ( 255 )) RETURNS VARCHAR ( 255 ) AS BEGIN DECLARE @str VARCHAR ( 255 ) DECLARE @count INT DECLARE @start INT DECLARE @result VARCHAR ( 255 ) DECLARE @end INT SET @start = 1 SET @end = @datalen_tocheck SET @count = @datalen_tocheck SET @str = @string WHILE ( @count <= 255 ) BEGIN IF ( @result IS NULL) BEGIN SET @result = '' END SET @result = @result + SUBSTRING ( @str , @start , @end ) SET @str = REPLACE ( @str , SUBSTRING ( @str , @start , @end ), '' ) SET @count = @count + @datalen_tocheck END RETURN @result END GO Usage: SET CONCAT_NULL_YIELDS_NULL OFF SELECT dbo.Remove_duplicate_instr (< CHAR length OF a duplicate SUBSTRING >,< string contain duplicate >) Example: To keep char set in a string unique and remove duplicate 3 char long string run this UDF as inline function. SET CONCAT_NULL...