On 2/1/07, Anderson, James H (IT) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On 2/1/07, Anderson, James H (IT) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Does the fact that I have received no reply mean that there's no way to > get this functionality within the CLP? > > -----Original Message----- > From: Anderson, James H (IT) > Sent: Thursday, February 01, 2007 9:09 AM > To: sqlite-users@sqlite.org > Subject: [sqlite] Function question > > From the CLP (i.e., w/o user-defined functions) is there any way to get > the equivalent of the sybase ltrim, rtrim functions? (ltrim/rtrim trim > spaces from the right/left end of a column value.) > I don't know what a "CLP" is, but all the core functions are documented at <http://www.sqlite.org/lang_expr.html>, and no, ltrim/rtrim are not in the list, nor is anything that can easily help cook up ltrim/rtrim functionality afaict. On the other hand, they are trivial capabilities to add via custom functions and your programming interface of choice. CLP = Command Line Processor.
This comes up frequently -- sqlite3, the shell program (the one being called CLP here), is mistaken for sqlite3, the C library that provides the db magic. Think of sqlite3, the program as an example program that demonstrates what sqlite3, the library is capable of. Use your favorite programming environment to construct your own program to interact with sqlite3, the library. Perhaps changing the name of sqlite3, the program to something like sqlite_shell might help alleviate this confusion. -- Puneet Kishor http://punkish.eidesis.org/ Nelson Inst. for Env. Studies, UW-Madison http://www.nelson.wisc.edu/ Open Source Geospatial Foundation http://www.osgeo.org/education/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- collaborate, communicate, compete ===================================================================== ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
