Regular Expressions in SQL

2002-12-18 Thread cbeckley
What's the easiest way to do regular expressions in an SQL query?

If the answer is creating a function, does anyone have one they wouldn't mind
sharing?

Thanks,
Chris

Christopher Beckley
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RE: Decode

2002-09-12 Thread cbeckley

Well, if we're going to be picky :)

select   chr(84)||chr(104)||chr(97)
 ||chr(110)||chr(107)||chr(32)
 ||chr(71)||chr(111)||chr(100)
 ||chr(101)||chr(115)||chr(115)
 ||chr(33)
 from dual
> 
> Jared, didn't you mean:
> 
>   select
>  chr(84)||chr(104)||chr(97)
>  ||chr(110)||chr(107)||chr(32)
>  ||chr(71)||chr(111)||chr(100)
>  ||chr(33)
>  from dual
> 
> Just being picky...  :D
> 
> Rich Jesse   System/Database Administrator
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> 
> > -Original Message-
> > From: Jared Still [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: Wednesday, September 11, 2002 7:33 PM
> > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
> > Subject: Re: Decode
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > No, I didn't know that.
> > 
> > Interesting:
> > 
> > select decode (
> >(select to_char(sysdate, 'DAY') from dual),
> >'MONDAY','Groan...',
> >'TUESDAY','Another day, another dollar',
> >'WEDNESDAY','Hump Day',
> >'THURSDAY','Let me out of here!',
> >'FRIDAY',(
> >   select
> >  chr(84)||chr(104)||chr(97)
> >  ||chr(110)||chr(107)||chr(32)
> >  ||chr(103)||chr(111)||chr(100)
> >  ||chr(33)
> >  from dual
> >   ),
> >'SATURDAY','Sleeping in',
> >'SUNDAY','Gone fishing'
> > )
> > from dual
> > /
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