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From: Yudie <yudie@axiontech.com>
To: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org
Subject: Format Function
Date: Mon, 17 Feb 2003 14:56:01 -0600
Message-ID: <009c01c2d6c6$fb985b90$8401a8c0@yudie> (raw)

Hi,
Is there any default function for formating string in postgre sql?
for instance:
Format('123ABCDE', '####-###-###') => '12-3AB-CDE'

The closest function I know is the to_char() function but it only works for numbers

please advise

Thanks
Yude

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