text: CREATE Function [dbo].[fn_StrClean](@p_str1 VARCHAR(MAX)) 
  RETURNS VARCHAR(MAX) as 
  BEGIN 
   DECLARE @ret_value VARCHAR(MAX)
   SET @ret_value = @p_str1
   SET @ret_value = REPLACE(@ret_value, '.', '')
   SET @ret_value = REPLACE(@ret_value, ',', '') 
   SET @ret_value = REPLACE(@ret_value, '-', '') 
   SET @ret_value = REPLACE(@ret_value, ';', '') 
   SET @ret_value = REPLACE(@ret_value, ':', '') 
   
   RETURN @ret_value
  END
  GO
  -- ****************** Miscellaneous Functions *****************************************************************