title: sql server equivalent of oracle regexp_like
body: <p>I am looking to filter out all non-floating point values from a column in my SQL server 2008.</p>
  
  <p>Does anyone know whats equivalent of this Oracle regexp in SQL server???</p>
  
  <pre><code>regexp_like(tablename.columnName,'[-+]?[0-9]*\\.?[0-9]+')
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I have <code>no admin rights</code> and I don't have <code>dbo.regexReplace()</code></p>
  
  <p>So it would eliminate anything that is not a number, a dot(.) or + and - signs.</p>