On 24/09/2010 5:15 PM, Nicholas I wrote:
> Example:
> table name person:
>
> name
> ------------------------------------
> Samuel (S/o Sebastin )
> -------------------------------------
>
> remove the word within the brackets.
> the output should be , Samuel.
Can't you just regexp_replace, matching \([^)]+\) (in other words "an
open parenthisis, then a sequence of one or more of any character other
than a close parenthesis, followed by a close parentheis) and replacing
with an empty string ?
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Craig Ringer
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