Charindex function

The question is regarding charindex function!!

DECLARE @document varchar(64)

SELECT @document = 'Reflectors are vital safety' +
' components of your bicycle.'
SELECT CHARINDEX('vital', @document, 5)
GO

In the above statement what does 5 do for me!!
i read it is the starting point of the search!! but it does not make any difference whether i have 5 there or not!!
The result will be 16 with 5 or without 5!!
Pls help!!
Thanks!!!

Try 'SELECT CHARINDEX('Ref', @document, 5)', you'll see the difference.

Thanks 4 the reply!!!

But my question was regarding the no.5 (the start location parameter)
my question was

no matter i enter 5 or i dont!!! the result it is giving is always 16 for the query that i wrote!!!

if i dont enter 5 it should start the search from the begining and if i enter 5 thre the earch should begin from the 5th character!!! right????

yogesphu, I haven't looked up the CHARINDEX function but from what I see in this post, it returns the position number of the character string you are looking for. Since VITAL is at position 16, the function will return 16 if you enter 5, or any number between 1 and 16.

But I think the answer to your question is that if you leave the 5 off completely, it probably defaults to a 1 and starts the search from the beginning of the string.

That's right, start searching position will not affect string start position.

got u:)
thanks guys!!