I didn't know which post to reply to, so here goes: with one as (select top 1 field1, replace(field2_html,'''"]|([''"]).?\1)*>', '') as comments_html, field3, field4, field5, field6, field7, field8 from tablea where comments_html !=' '),

two as (select field1, field2 as html_clean, charindex('<',field2_html) as a, charindex('>',field2_html) as b, field3, field4, field5, fied6, field7, field8
from one)

select * into #temp8 from two

create table #RUdestinationtable (field1 int, comments_2 varchar(max), field3 varchar(300), field4 varchar(50), field5 varchar(300), field6 varchar(300), field7 varchar(300), field8 varchar(150))

while (select count(1) from #temp8 where substring(html_clean,a,b) is not null)>0 begin insert into #RUdestinationtable select distinct field1,replace(html_clean, substring(html_clean,a,b),'') as comments_2,field3, field4, field5, field6, field7, field8 from #temp8 end

select * fromRUdestinationtable

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