X-Original-To: pgsql-sql-postgresql.org@localhost.postgresql.org Received: from localhost (av.hub.org [200.46.204.144]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DB7DEDB816 for ; Fri, 18 Nov 2005 02:15:52 -0400 (AST) Received: from svr1.postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (av.hub.org [200.46.204.144]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 51065-01-2 for ; Fri, 18 Nov 2005 06:15:51 +0000 (GMT) X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey- Received: from moutng.kundenserver.de (moutng.kundenserver.de [212.227.126.177]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E758BDB86D for ; Fri, 18 Nov 2005 02:15:49 -0400 (AST) Received: from [194.25.154.138] (helo=webserv.wug.de) by mrelayeu.kundenserver.de (node=mrelayeu7) with ESMTP (Nemesis), id 0ML2Dk-1EczXJ0l9G-0003Yb; Fri, 18 Nov 2005 07:15:49 +0100 Received: from kretschmer by webserv.wug.de with local (Exim 3.36 #1) id 1EczXI-0004BF-00 for pgsql-sql@postgresql.org; Fri, 18 Nov 2005 07:15:48 +0100 Date: Fri, 18 Nov 2005 07:15:48 +0100 From: "A. Kretschmer" To: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org Subject: Re: how to do a find and replace Message-ID: <20051118061548.GB15746@webserv.wug-glas.de> Mail-Followup-To: "A. Kretschmer" , pgsql-sql@postgresql.org References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: X-DEST: 208 X-MSMail-Priority: High X-Message-Flag: Really, I'm not out to destroy Microsoft. That will just be a completely unintentional side effect. (Linus Torvalds) X-OS: Linux - weil ich es mir Wert bin! X-Info: registrierter Linux-User 97922 http://counter.li.org User-Agent: mutt-ng 1.5.9i (Linux) X-Provags-ID: kundenserver.de abuse@kundenserver.de login:51ea9561fc3f6d9539a2acd743e4748c X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at hub.org X-Spam-Status: No, score=1.394 required=5 tests=[AWL=0.000, MISSING_MIMEOLE=1.394] X-Spam-Score: 1.394 X-Spam-Level: * X-Archive-Number: 200511/144 X-Sequence-Number: 23395 am 17.11.2005, um 14:51:05 -0800 mailte Dawn Buie folgendes: > Hello- > > I have a column of data with the wrong prefix for many items. If you have 8.1? If yes: > > The wrong entries are entered ' /0/v.myimage.jpg' > While the correct ones are ' /0/myimage.jpg' > > > I need to remove all the 'v.' characters from this column.a test=# select * from foo; loc ------------------- /0/v.myimage.jpg (1 row) test=# update foo set loc = regexp_replace(loc, '/v\.', '/'); UPDATE 1 test=# select * from foo; loc ----------------- /0/myimage.jpg (1 row) If no: a) Upgrade now! b) write a funcion with plperl for the regexp_replace HTH, Andreas -- Andreas Kretschmer (Kontakt: siehe Header) Heynitz: 035242/47212, D1: 0160/7141639 GnuPG-ID 0x3FFF606C http://wwwkeys.de.pgp.net === Schollglas Unternehmensgruppe ===