DECLARE @t TABLE (Data VARCHAR(40))
INSERT @t (Data) SELECT '9992EDC6-D117-4DEE-B410-4E5FAE46AE97'
INSERT @t (Data) SELECT '0BFC936B-BD9A-4C6A-AFB2-CF3F1752F8B1'
INSERT @t (Data) SELECT '4A73E7EB-7777-4A04-9258-F1E75097977C'
INSERT @t (Data) SELECT '5AAF477C-274D-400D-9067-035968F33B19'
INSERT @t (Data) SELECT '725DA718-30D0-44A9-B36A-89F27CDFEEDE'
INSERT @t (Data) SELECT '8083ED5A-D3B9-4694-BB04-F0B09C588888'
SELECT
t.Data,
s.Char,
s.Pos,
s.Len
FROM @t AS t
CROSS APPLY
(
SELECT
x.Char,
x.Number AS Pos,
COALESCE(NULLIF(PATINDEX('%[^'+x.Char+']%', SUBSTRING(t.Data, x.Number, x.MaxSequenceLen))-1, -1), x.MaxSequenceLen) AS Len,
MAX(COALESCE(NULLIF(PATINDEX('%[^'+x.Char+']%', SUBSTRING(t.Data, x.Number, x.MaxSequenceLen))-1, -1), x.MaxSequenceLen)) OVER() AS MaxLen,
COUNT(*) OVER() AS NumSeq
FROM
(
SELECT
SUBSTRING(t.Data, w.Number, 1) AS Char,
w.Number,
CASE
WHEN w.Number = 25 THEN 12
WHEN w.Number = 26 THEN 11
WHEN w.Number = 27 THEN 10
WHEN w.Number = 28 THEN 9
WHEN w.Number IN (1, 29) THEN 8
WHEN w.Number IN (2, 30) THEN 7
WHEN w.Number IN (3, 31) THEN 6
WHEN w.Number IN (4, 32) THEN 5
WHEN w.Number IN (5, 10, 15, 20, 33) THEN 4
WHEN w.Number IN (6, 11, 16, 21, 34) THEN 3
WHEN w.Number IN (7, 12, 17, 22, 35) THEN 2
END AS MaxSequenceLen
FROM
(
SELECT 1 UNION ALL SELECT 2 UNION ALL
SELECT 3 UNION ALL SELECT 4 UNION ALL
SELECT 5 UNION ALL SELECT 6 UNION ALL
SELECT 7 UNION ALL SELECT 10 UNION ALL
SELECT 11 UNION ALL SELECT 12 UNION ALL
SELECT 15 UNION ALL SELECT 16 UNION ALL
SELECT 17 UNION ALL SELECT 20 UNION ALL
SELECT 21 UNION ALL SELECT 22 UNION ALL
SELECT 25 UNION ALL SELECT 26 UNION ALL
SELECT 27 UNION ALL SELECT 28 UNION ALL
SELECT 29 UNION ALL SELECT 30 UNION ALL
SELECT 31 UNION ALL SELECT 32 UNION ALL
SELECT 33 UNION ALL SELECT 34 UNION ALL
SELECT 35
) AS w (Number)
WHERE
SUBSTRING(t.Data, w.Number - 1, 1) <> SUBSTRING(t.Data, w.Number, 1)
AND SUBSTRING(t.Data, w.Number, 1) = SUBSTRING(t.Data, w.Number + 1, 1)
) AS x
) AS s
ORDER BY
s.MaxLen DESC,
s.NumSeq DESC,
t.Data,
s.Pos
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