From: Naomi Walker <nwalker@mhs.mphasis.com>
To: pgsql-admin@postgresql.org <pgsql-admin@postgresql.org>
Subject: Re: Change a character in a text field
Date: Wed, 2 Jul 2008 10:35:32 -0700
Message-ID: <486BBC64.10309@mhs.mphasis.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <09BDF9F0EAD32745A823E1865E6C45F3C99AE3@ecimail.eldocomp.com>
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<486A59E1.EE98.0025.0@wicourts.gov>
<09BDF9F0EAD32745A823E1865E6C45F3C99AE3@ecimail.eldocomp.com>
> Can you please provide a complete example of how to use this in the
> update command? ie... how do we select the table/field that we want to
> interrogate and make the change to?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Karen Stone
> Technical Services
> MphasiS Health Solutions
> 602.604.3100 x265
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: pgsql-admin-owner@postgresql.org
> [mailto:pgsql-admin-owner@postgresql.org] On Behalf Of Kevin Grittner
> Sent: Tuesday, July 01, 2008 2:23 PM
> To: Naomi Walker; pgsql-admin@postgresql.org
> Subject: Re: [ADMIN] Change a character in a text field
>
>
>>>> Naomi Walker <nwalker@mhs.mphasis.com> wrote:
>>>>
>> Is there some way with a SQL state to interrogate a text field, and
>> replace characters.
>>
>> For example, we would like all "|"'s to be changed to something else,
>>
> on
>
>> a regular basis...
>>
>
> It sounds like you might want to look at the regexp_replace function:
>
> http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.3/interactive/functions-matching.html#F
> UNCTIONS-POSIX-REGEXP
>
> Be sure to use a WHERE clause on your UPDATE with the ~ operator.
>
> -Kevin
>
>
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