Re: instr detail - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Ramesh T
Subject Re: instr detail
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Msg-id CAK8Zd=uypdLtAxZwFRfYgeC0Y14EYduDy0aUprScoWi-XHkOFg@mail.gmail.com
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In response to Re: instr detail  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
Responses Re: instr detail  (Ramesh T <rameshparnanditech@gmail.com>)
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select position('.' in '.T.homas')
result
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1
it returns first postion.but I need last occurence of ' . ' .
actual result 
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3
any help..?appreciated.


On Thu, Jul 30, 2015 at 5:00 AM, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:
Melvin Davidson <melvin6925@gmail.com> writes:
> Based om the definition of Oracle instr(), the equivalent PostgreSQL
> function would be
> position(substring in string).

See http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.4/static/plpgsql-porting.html
particularly the "appendix" at the bottom.  I'm not sure that code
is still the best way to do it (it's very old), but it's there.

                        regards, tom lane

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