Re: [SQL] search and replace

2004-06-13 Thread Benoît BOURNON
I do not try, may be it exists different languages to make this in postgresql : I make this in pl/pgsql, I do not have time to make this in C, CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION "_replaceblock" (text, text, text) RETURNS text AS' DECLARE  text_begin ALIAS FOR $1 ;  key_name ALIAS FOR $2 ;  key_val

[SQL] search and replace

2004-06-09 Thread Jodi Kanter
I have a field in one of my tables that has a path to a file listed. I need to move those files and now have to update all those paths. Is there a simply search and replace type option in sql? or do I need to do an update using the entire new path name? If so, I think the easier solution will b

Re: [NOVICE] [SQL] Search and Replace

2003-01-09 Thread Bruno Wolff III
On Thu, Jan 09, 2003 at 19:15:51 -0500, "Randy D. McCracken" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi Rajesh, > > I don't know why but the example you gave me did not work. Here is what > happened when I tried: > > == > > pubs_test=# UPDATE publications SET url = replace( 'www.srs.fs.fed.us

Re: [SQL] Search and Replace

2003-01-09 Thread Randy D. McCracken
On Thu, 9 Jan 2003, Ross J. Reedstrom wrote: > On Thu, Jan 09, 2003 at 11:00:32AM +0530, Rajesh Kumar Mallah. wrote: > > > > any anyone explain whats wrong with the replace based solution to this problem > > which i posted earlier? > > > > did i misunderstood anything? > > Probably just overkill -

Re: [SQL] Search and Replace

2003-01-09 Thread Ross J. Reedstrom
On Thu, Jan 09, 2003 at 11:00:32AM +0530, Rajesh Kumar Mallah. wrote: > > any anyone explain whats wrong with the replace based solution to this problem > which i posted earlier? > > did i misunderstood anything? Probably just overkill - I'm sure it would work, but, based on how the question was

Re: [SQL] Search and Replace

2003-01-08 Thread Rajesh Kumar Mallah.
any anyone explain whats wrong with the replace based solution to this problem which i posted earlier? did i misunderstood anything? regds mallah. On Thursday 09 January 2003 01:48 am, Randy D. McCracken wrote: > Just to close off another thread and to give a tad more information... > > I was

Re: [SQL] Search and Replace

2003-01-08 Thread Randy D. McCracken
Just to close off another thread and to give a tad more information... I was not clear enough in my initial question to the list because not all of the URLs I am trying to change begin with http://www.srs.fs.fed.us/ so what I was really looking for was the syntax for replacing "www.srs.fs.fed.us"

Re: [SQL] Search and Replace

2003-01-08 Thread Ross J. Reedstrom
On Wed, Jan 08, 2003 at 09:02:47AM -0500, Randy D. McCracken wrote: > I apologize for having to resort to sending what is most likely a simple > tech support question regarding PostgreSQL to this list but I have not > been able to find the answer in the documentation. Hey, this is Open Source: tha

Re: [SQL] Search and Replace

2003-01-08 Thread Rajesh Kumar Mallah.
REPLACE is the right function for you avaliable as an addon. install it in postgresql installation using the source at: http://www.brasileiro.net:8080/postgres/cookbook/view-one-recipe.adp?recipe_id=23 if you face problem please lemme know once this function is installed you could update like:

Re: [SQL] Search and Replace

2003-01-08 Thread Bruno Wolff III
On Wed, Jan 08, 2003 at 09:02:47 -0500, "Randy D. McCracken" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > UPDATE publications SET url = 'www.srs.fs.usda.gov' WHERE url = > 'www.srs.fs.fed.us'; For simple cases you can do this with available string functions. For more complicated cases, you can write a simple

[SQL] Search and Replace

2003-01-08 Thread Randy D. McCracken
I apologize for having to resort to sending what is most likely a simple tech support question regarding PostgreSQL to this list but I have not been able to find the answer in the documentation. I am responsible for managing a database containing over 6,000 records of US Forest Service Research pu

Re: [SQL] search and replace possible on SQL?

2000-11-16 Thread Jens Hartwig
Hello Bruno, try the following: UPDATE journal SET description = 'Add '||description WHERE description LIKE '%PSF%; Is this what you wanted? Best regards, Jens Hartwig Bruno Boettcher schrieb: > > hello, > > again fiddling around with SQL... > wanted to loop over the Base search for S

[SQL] search and replace possible on SQL?

2000-11-16 Thread Bruno Boettcher
hello, again fiddling around with SQL... wanted to loop over the Base search for Strings beginning with a sequence and replace that sequence with another one. tryed the following: update journal set description='Add '||(select id description from journal subq where subq.description like '%PS