How can I Replace using the sql wildcard '%'?

So this is the data I am pulling in from powershell (there's actually more, but it all follows the same pattern):

Name : SULESRKMA 1
Location : Leisure Services - Technology Services 2
DriverName : KONICA MINOLTA mc4695MF PS PPD 3
Shared : False 4
ShareName : 5
JobCountSinceLastReset : 0 6

I am trying to remove 'Name : ' and 'Location : ', and so on, but using the REPLACE command here is part of my sql query:

SELECT * FROM #ReadCmd
WHERE Result LIKE 'Name %:%'
INSERT INTO #output(Name)
SELECT REPLACE(Result, '% %: %', '')
From #ReadCmd
WHERE Result LIKE 'Name %:%'
SELECT * FROM #output

Or for example, here:

IF OBJECT_ID('tempdb..#fields') != 0 DROP TABLE #fields
CREATE TABLE #fields (Fields varchar(256))
INSERT INTO #fields (Fields)
SELECT REPLACE(Result, ' %: %', '')
FROM #ReadCmd
Where Result Like '% %: %'

The point is, I'd like to replace the '_________ : ' with nothing, but the REPLACE command reads the sql wild card '%' as an actual percent sign. Is there another way to accomplish this?

Using Select RIGHT(Result,CHARINDEX(': ',Result) -1) outputs in seperate cells:

 : SULESRKMA : PrimoPDF
oft XPS Document Writer : Fax : CutePDF Writer

2 Answers

you can try

SELECT * FROM #ReadCmd
WHERE Result LIKE '%:%' and Result like 'Name %';

if you want select only the info after the : then you should use

SUBSTRING(Result, CHARINDEX(':',Result) +2, 255)
from #ReadCmd
WHERE Result LIKE '%:%' and Result like 'Name %';

Select RIGHT(ColumnName,CHARINDEX(':',ColumnName) -1)

See SQL string manipulation [Get all text left of '('] for reference.

That is unless I am misunderstanding your question and you want to keep Name and the : in there and just remove the spaces. If that is so your second and fourth non code lines are contradictory.