Message-ID: <20021212202417.50392.qmail@web20805.mail.yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2002 12:24:17 -0800 (PST)
From: Jeff Eckermann <jeff_eckermann@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: function replace doesnt exist
To: Andy Morrow <andy.morrow@jinny.ie>, pgsql-sql@postgresql.org
In-Reply-To: <CPEDJLGAFMLAIAPMHNBMGEBECJAA.andy.morrow@jinny.ie>
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What version are you using?  I think "replace" is new
for version 7.3.
As another poster has pointed out, "translate" works
for individual characters.  Or you could code up your
own replace using the native functionality of pl/perl
or pl/tcl or such.  Or you could just upgrade to 7.3.

--- Andy Morrow <andy.morrow@jinny.ie> wrote:
> Hi
> 
> im trying to execute an update command on a
> postgresql DB table using
> pgAdmin II
> 
> im using the following statement
> 
> UPDATE commandlist SET command = REPLACE
> (command,'A','B')
> 
> 
> commandlist is the table name
> command is the column
> and i want to change the value A to B
> 
> 
> but it's giving me the following error message
> 
> 
> an error has occured in pgAdmin
> II:frmSQLInput.cmdExecute_Click:
> 
> Number: -2147467259
> Description: Error while executing the query;
> ERROR: Function'replace(varchar, unknown, unknown)'
> does not exist
> Unable to identify a function that satisfies the
> given argument types
> You may need to add explicit typecasts
> 
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