From: Rajesh Kumar Mallah <mallah@trade-india.com>
Organization: Infocom Network Limited
To: Sethi Tarun-ETS017 <Tarun.Sethi@motorola.com>,
	pgsql-sql@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: newline character in SQL
Date: Sat, 22 Mar 2003 15:33:44 +0530
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Use replace function as documented in 
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/view.php?version=7.3&idoc=1&file=functions-string.html

eg in your case you can do:
Select name,  replace(name, '\n' , '') as straight_name , comments ,
replace(comments, '\n' , '') as straight_comment from table where comment like '%Fine%';


please not that replace function is inbuilt in postgresql 7.3.x , 
i previous versions i am not sure , but there is a work around for older
versions.

Regds
Mallah.


On Friday 21 Mar 2003 8:46 am, Sethi Tarun-ETS017 wrote:
> How can I remove the newline character from the value of a column.
> 
> For Example:
> Select name, comments from table where comment like '%Fine%';
> Results:
> NAME		COMMENTS
> John M.	This was a
> 		Fine piece of 
> 		work.
> 
> Above, I'd like the Results to appear:
> NAME		COMMENTS
> John M.	This was a Fine piece of work.
> 
> I tried substr, instr, hedged right ... but can't get it to work.
> 
> Any help will be greatly appreciated.
> 
> Regards
> TS
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