Doh! Forgot about the extra parameters to instr (like the negative value
for where to start searching!). Thanks anyway and sorry about the wasted
bandwith. For those interested, here's the answer;
select '/dir1/dir2/test/file.out' filenm,
substr('/dir1/dir2/test/file.out',
instr('/dir1/dir2/test/file.out','/',-1),length('/dir1/dir2/test/file.out'))
shortnm
from dual;
FILENM SHORTNM
------------------------ --------
/dir1/dir2/test/file.out file.out
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Glenn Travis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Tuesday, May 01, 2001 3:33 PM
> To: Oracle MailList LazyDBA
> Subject: SQL question
>
>
> How would you take the same string "/dir1/dir2/test/file.out",
> and return "file.out". Assume you do not know where the last '/'
> is or how many there are. What I need is a reverse instr
> function. Find the last occurrance of '/', not the first.
>
> Can it be done in sqlplus???
>
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