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Replace-function

I have looked in the manual, but can't find a function to use in SQL
which replaces chars/strings with given ones…

For example; replace all a with b in the field testfield…

Anyone?

Sncerely

Victor

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Nov 23 '05 #1
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How about the REPLACE function?

See http://www.postgresql.org/docs/7.4/i...ns-string.html

John Sidney-Woollett

Victor Spång Arthursson wrote:
I have looked in the manual, but can't find a function to use in SQL
which replaces chars/strings with given ones…

For example; replace all a with b in the field testfield…

Anyone?

Sncerely

Victor

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