Hello
you can use a own function
CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION clean_some(text)
RETURNS text AS $$
SELECT replace(replace($1, ' ',''),'-','')
$$ LANGUAGE sql;
then you can do query with where clause
WHERE clean_some(colum) = clean_some('userinput');
you can enhance it with functional index
CRETE INDEX xx ON your_table((clean_some(column));
Regards
Pavel Stehule
2010/10/13 Andrus <kobruleht2@hot.ee>:
> 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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