Hello.
Probably there is a solution for your task. But for a pity MySQL supports REGEXP only for comparison and nothing more. A sad joke is that issues about phone numbers and regexps regularly appear in the list, sometimes without any answer. However search in archives at: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql Eric Jensen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Is there a way to return a value that has been modified via regular > expressions? For example, let's say I have a bunch of phone numbers. > Some of them were entered in like "(123) 456-7890" and some where > entered in (123-456-7890". I would like to only pull out the numbers > from these fields. I've looked at the mysql REGEXP type functions and > they just return true or false. I have run into many situations where > returning a regular expression modified value would be very handy. Only > solution I have found so far is nested string replace functions. > > Eric Jensen > -- For technical support contracts, goto https://order.mysql.com/?ref=ensita This email is sponsored by Ensita.NET http://www.ensita.net/ __ ___ ___ ____ __ / |/ /_ __/ __/ __ \/ / Gleb Paharenko / /|_/ / // /\ \/ /_/ / /__ [EMAIL PROTECTED] /_/ /_/\_, /___/\___\_\___/ MySQL AB / Ensita.NET <___/ www.mysql.com -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
