Re: Simple method to format a string?

From: Scott Marlowe <scott(dot)marlowe(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: emilu(at)encs(dot)concordia(dot)ca
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Subject: Re: Simple method to format a string?
Date: 2012-06-20 17:59:00
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This pretty much calls for a user defined function. Plpgsql should
work, but if you're more comfy in perl or tcl there's pl/tcl and
pl/perl you can try as well.

On Wed, Jun 20, 2012 at 8:43 AM, Emi Lu <emilu(at)encs(dot)concordia(dot)ca> wrote:
> 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
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