Re: replace text function

From: Darren Ferguson <darren(at)crystalballinc(dot)com>
To: Mark Wilson <mark(at)mediasculpt(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: replace text function
Date: 2002-11-06 23:08:49
Message-ID: Pine.LNX.4.44.0211061806050.8014-100000@thread.crystalballinc.com
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There is a function called TRANSLATE

This will do the trick

HTH

On Thu, 7 Nov 2002, Mark Wilson wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I'm trying to find a function that will replace one word with another in a
> string.
>
> e.g. select <replace function>('bob was here, bobina wasnt', 'bob', 'mike');
> will return "mike was here, mikeina wasnt"
>
> Is there such a function already written in PostGreSQL?
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Mark
>
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