Joel,
Darn, I was hoping it was possible to do it with just SQL. :)
Thanks,
Peter Darley
-----Original Message-----
From: Joel Burton [mailto:joel@joelburton.com]
Sent: Tuesday, May 14, 2002 3:11 PM
To: Peter Darley
Cc: pgsql-general@postgresql.org
Subject: RE: [GENERAL] Using COPY
create function fix_marker(text) returns text as '
$_ = shift;
s/@@~@@/\\n/;
return $_;
' language 'plperl';
update tblFoo set foo=fix_marker(foo) where foo like '%@@~@@%';
would do nicely. Or you could do it in plpython, plruby (if installed), or
plperl.
You could do it in plpgsql with a combination of ugly left || right with
strpos, but it's a lot easier in languages that have string-replace
functions.
- J.
Joel BURTON | joel@joelburton.com | joelburton.com | aim: wjoelburton
Knowledge Management & Technology Consultant
