Create function RemoveHTML (@intro varchar(200)) RETURNS varchar(200) AS BEGIN declare @leftbracket char(1) declare @rightbracket char(1) declare @resultstring varchar(200) declare @remainingString varchar(200) declare @openbracketposition tinyint declare @closebracketposition tinyint set @leftbracket = '<' set @rightbracket = '>' set @resultstring = '' set @remainingString = @intro while len(@remainingString) > 0 begin set @openbracketposition = charindex(@leftbracket, @remainingString) if @openbracketposition > 0 begin set @resultstring = @resultstring + left(@remainingString, @openbracketposition - 1) set @remainingString = substring(@remainingString, @openbracketposition, 200) set @closebracketposition = charindex(@rightbracket, @remainingString) if @closebracketposition > 0 set @remainingString = substring(@remainingString, @closebracketposition + 1, 00) else set @remainingString = '' end else begin set @resultstring = @resultstring + @remainingString set @remainingString = '' end end RETURN @resultstring END