Re: newline character in SQL

Mallah,

The "replace" didn't work. The lines still showup on multiple lines. I like to confirm if Oracle (I am using 8.0.6) recognizes the '\n'? Any other ideas from anyone? Appreciate the help.

Regards,
Tarun

-----Original Message-----
From: Rajesh Kumar Mallah [mailto:mallah(at)trade-india(dot)com]
Sent: Saturday, March 22, 2003 5:04 AM
To: Sethi Tarun-ETS017; pgsql-sql(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: [SQL] newline character in SQL

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
>
> ---------------------------(end of broadcast)---------------------------
> TIP 1: subscribe and unsubscribe commands go to majordomo(at)postgresql(dot)org
>
>

--
Rajesh Kumar Mallah,
Project Manager (Development)
Infocom Network Limited, New Delhi
phone: +91(11)6152172 (221) (L) ,9811255597 (M)

Visit http://www.trade-india.com ,
India's Leading B2B eMarketplace.