I would guess you will have to make a stored procedure to handle that.
Jacob Vennervald
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Enrique Arizón Benito [mailto:e_arizon_benito@yahoo.com]
> Sent: 8. marts 2002 11:48
> To: pgsql-general@postgresql.org
> Subject: [GENERAL] Modifying text data?
>
>
> Hi,
> I'm trying to modify text fields in an "automatic" way so to be able
> for example, to change any 'Canada' substring occurrence with the
> UPPER CASE equivalent "CANADA", with the added option 'Canada'
> appearing anywhere inside the text field.
> While it is very easy to find matching registers by using regular
> expresions, (SELECT * from my_table where my_columm ~* 'canada'; in
> previous example) I find no way to change them afterwards, but
> manually updating each register.
>
> Thanks in advance for any suggestions!
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