Hello.
I haven't said that this is the most effective solution, however, in my opinion it should work :) Fan, Wellington wrote: > Gleb, > > Thanks; using REPLACE(), as I understand it, would require me to list ALL > non-alpha characters, and assuming just ASCII characters, approx (127 - 52) > nested calls to REPLACE()... > > > select > REPLACE( > > ...REPLACE( > REPLACE( > REPLACE( > text,'~',''), > '!',''), > '@','') > ...) > > > > >>-----Original Message----- -- 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]