Dear Andrus,
Quick & Dirty Soln:
SELECT * from table where regexp_replace( col , '[-\\s+]' , '' ,
'g') ilike '%search_term%' ;
note above sql will not use any index if you have to search 10000s of
rows use alternate
approaches.
regds
Rajesh Kumar Mallah.
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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