On 7 Feb 2011, at 8:38am, Harish CS wrote:

> Table T has two varchar columns A and B. UI allows entering values into
> column A only.
> On insert/update of records, I need to take out the value of A, filter out
> anything other than '0' to '9', '*', '#', '+' 'p', 'w' characters and copy
> it to column B. Is it possible to write a trigger to achieve this? If yes
> please give me a sample. (Also, if column B is in another table, is it
> possible?)

I don't think you need a trigger.  You might find the 'trim(X,Y)' function from

http://www.sqlite.org/lang_corefunc.html

helpful.  You'll have to list all characters  you /don't/ want left in the 
string.

Simon.
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