proper regex_replace() syntax - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Geoffrey Myers
Subject proper regex_replace() syntax
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Msg-id 4DE67560.4020602@serioustechnology.com
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I want to use regex_replace() to replace characters in multiple records.

What I would like to do is this:

select regex_replace((select fname from table), 'z', 'Z'));


The problem is, the subquery returns more then one row.

So, is there a way to do what I'm trying to do?  That is, replace the
same character in multiple records using regex_replace() ?

In reality, we are trying to change characters like the 1/2 character to
the three characters '1/2'.

Thanks for any assistance.


--
Until later, Geoffrey

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the government from wasting the labors of the people under
the pretense of taking care of them."
- Thomas Jefferson

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