Not exactly sure what you're after
but possibly the below if you're simply looking to stop before the first
occurence of '%'
select substr('CS-%-ABC-%-%', 1, instr('CS-%-ABC-%-%','%') - 1) from dual;
-----Original Message-----
Sent: 12 June 2001 00:07
To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
Hello,
I have data like following, how do I substr the string (or use any other
function) to get until "%" and return without "%":
*************************************
RC-SF-DAL-nd-%
AD-LE-%-%-%
RC-DD-LKF-01-RENTAL%
CS-%-%-%-%
CS-%-ABC-%-%
*************************************
I did "select RTRIM('CS-%-%-%-%', '%-%') from DUAL", but it can not return
correct for the last record
eg, "select RTRIM(CS-%-ABC-%-%', '%-%') from DUAL" -- will not work
correctly
Thanks for help
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