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Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2012 10:42:18 -0400
From: Emi Lu <emilu@encs.concordia.ca>
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Good morning,

Is there a simply method in psql to format a string?

For example, adding a space to every three consecutive letters:

abcdefgh -> *** *** ***

Thanks a lot!
Emi