Function to strip html tags from data

Strip-HTMLTags

CREATE FUNCTION [dbo].[fn_StripHTML] (@HTMLText VARCHAR(MAX))
RETURNS VARCHAR(MAX) AS
BEGIN
    DECLARE @Start INT = CHARINDEX('<',@HTMLText)
    DECLARE @End INT = CHARINDEX('>',@HTMLText,CHARINDEX('<',@HTMLText))
    DECLARE @Length INT = (@End - @Start) + 1

    WHILE @Start > 0 AND @End > 0 AND @Length > 0
    BEGIN
        SET @HTMLText = STUFF(@HTMLText,@Start,@Length,'')
        SET @Start = CHARINDEX('<',@HTMLText)
        SET @End = CHARINDEX('>',@HTMLText,CHARINDEX('<',@HTMLText))
        SET @Length = (@End - @Start) + 1
    END
    RETURN LTRIM(RTRIM(@HTMLText))
END
GO