Thread: remove embedded carriage returns

Outputting a SELECT statement's results to ascii file showed me a table
with a bunch of embedded carriage return characters in the values. I
want to remove the embedded returns, so I read the documentation and
tried a few variations on "SELECT replace(columname, 'chr(13)','') from
tablename" with no luck. Could someone help me rid this table of its
embedded returns?

Thanks in advance...

chwy_nougat@yahoo.com wrote:
>  "SELECT replace(columname, 'chr(13)','') from tablename"

Try using chr(13) without the single quotes:

SELECT replace(columname, chr(13),'') from tablename

or you could use '\r' to get the character:

SELECT replace(columname, E'\r','') from tablename


-Jonathan

chwy_nou...@yahoo.com wrote:
> Outputting a SELECT statement's results to ascii file showed me a table
> with a bunch of embedded carriage return characters in the values. I
> want to remove the embedded returns, so I read the documentation and
> tried a few variations on "SELECT replace(columname, 'chr(13)','') from
> tablename" with no luck. Could someone help me rid this table of its
> embedded returns?
>
> Thanks in advance...

Is there a different board that I should post this question to?

Jonathan Hedstrom wrote:
> chwy_nougat@yahoo.com wrote:
> >  "SELECT replace(columname, 'chr(13)','') from tablename"
>
> Try using chr(13) without the single quotes:
>
> SELECT replace(columname, chr(13),'') from tablename
>
> or you could use '\r' to get the character:
>
> SELECT replace(columname, E'\r','') from tablename
>
>
> -Jonathan
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Thanks so much! I am a psql noob and really appreciate your response
and help.