How to search ignoring spaces and minus signs - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Andrus
Subject How to search ignoring spaces and minus signs
Date
Msg-id 07B6CB30B3A94B2C8BC93C2C528CAA69@andrusnotebook
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Responses Re: How to search ignoring spaces and minus signs  (Pavel Stehule <pavel.stehule@gmail.com>)
Re: How to search ignoring spaces and minus signs  (Merlin Moncure <mmoncure@gmail.com>)
Re: How to search ignoring spaces and minus signs  (Darren Duncan <darren@darrenduncan.net>)
Re: How to search ignoring spaces and minus signs  (Craig Ringer <craig@postnewspapers.com.au>)
Re: How to search ignoring spaces and minus signs  (Rajesh Kumar Mallah <mallah.rajesh@gmail.com>)
Re: How to search ignoring spaces and minus signs  (Christian Ramseyer <rc@networkz.ch>)
Re: How to search ignoring spaces and minus signs  (Jayadevan M <Jayadevan.Maymala@ibsplc.com>)
Re: How to search ignoring spaces and minus signs  (Josh Kupershmidt <schmiddy@gmail.com>)
Re: How to search ignoring spaces and minus signs  (Grzegorz Jaśkiewicz <gryzman@gmail.com>)
Re: How to search ignoring spaces and minus signs  (Osvaldo Kussama <osvaldo.kussama@gmail.com>)
Re: How to search ignoring spaces and minus signs  (Joshua Berry <yoberi@gmail.com>)
List pgsql-general
CHAR(20) columns in 8.4 database may contains spaces and - signs like

13-333-333
12 3-44
33 33 333
12345

User enters code to search without spaces and - signs, like 12344
How to search for product code ignoring spaces and - signs?

For example searching for code 12344 should return
12 3-44  as matching item.

Andrus.

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