Re: Needs Query

or if you want it in the one query:

>create table _t(f varchar(50));

select f, case when substr(f, length(f), 1)= substr(f, length(f)-1, 1) then
regexp_replace(f, substr(f, length(f), 1)||'+$', substr(f, length(f), 1))
else f end from _t where length(f)>1;

On 5/8/07, A. Kretschmer <andreas(dot)kretschmer(at)schollglas(dot)com> wrote:
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> am Tue, dem 08.05.2007, um 17:48:47 +0530 mailte Penchalaiah P.
> folgendes:
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> > In a table, a column contains
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> > Suneelllllllllllllll
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> > Sudhakarrrrrrrrrr
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> > Vivekkkkkkkkkk
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> > Ramanaaaaaaaaa
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> > But my output is
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> > Suneel
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> > Sudhakar
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> > Vivek
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> > Ramana
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> > I want a query to get my output like above??..
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> write a stored proc. within this proc: (oversimplified)
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> - calculate the length of the string with length() -> length
> - extract substring(string, length, length) -> last_char
> - regexp_replace(string, last_char||'*$', last_char)
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> Andreas
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