Thread: Re: underscore

hi list!

i have a column wherein a lot of entries has 2 or more names int it. these are
separated by spaces. an example is: "John Doe", "Mary Margaret Smith". i need
to replace the spaces with an underscore. any idea how to do this?

thanks!

ryanne

Hi Ryanne,

On Thursday, January 30, 2003, at 04:09  PM, ryanne cruz wrote:

> i have a column wherein a lot of entries has 2 or more names int it.
> these are
> separated by spaces. an example is: "John Doe", "Mary Margaret Smith".
> i need
> to replace the spaces with an underscore. any idea how to do this?


In PHP use preg_replace (http://php.net/preg_replace for details)

In PostgreSQL use replace(string text, from text, to text)

(http://www.postgresql.org/docs/
view.php?version=7.3&idoc=1&file=functions-string.html)

To update a column in a table, you could do something like:

UPDATE table SET column = REPLACE( column, ' ', '_' );

Matthew.

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Matthew Horoschun
Network Administrator
CanPrint Communications Pty. Ltd.

try translate():

select translate('Mary Margaret Smith',' ','_');
      translate
---------------------
 Mary_Margaret_Smith

Cheers,
Steve


On Wednesday 29 January 2003 9:09 pm, ryanne cruz wrote:
> hi list!
>
> i have a column wherein a lot of entries has 2 or more names int it. these
> are separated by spaces. an example is: "John Doe", "Mary Margaret Smith".
> i need to replace the spaces with an underscore. any idea how to do this?
>
> thanks!
>
> ryanne
>
>
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On Thu, 30 Jan 2003, Matthew Horoschun wrote:

> Hi Ryanne,
>
> On Thursday, January 30, 2003, at 04:09  PM, ryanne cruz wrote:
>
> > i have a column wherein a lot of entries has 2 or more names int it.
> > these are
> > separated by spaces. an example is: "John Doe", "Mary Margaret Smith".
> > i need
> > to replace the spaces with an underscore. any idea how to do this?
>
>
> In PHP use preg_replace (http://php.net/preg_replace for details)
>
> In PostgreSQL use replace(string text, from text, to text)
>
> (http://www.postgresql.org/docs/
> view.php?version=7.3&idoc=1&file=functions-string.html)
>
> To update a column in a table, you could do something like:
>
> UPDATE table SET column = REPLACE( column, ' ', '_' );

For something like this str_replace is easier to use and generally faster.