Re: translate function

From: Steve Crawford <scrawford(at)pinpointresearch(dot)com>
To: "Don V(dot) Soledad" <don(dot)soledad(at)uratex(dot)com(dot)ph>, pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: translate function
Date: 2003-05-02 15:19:21
Message-ID: 20030502151921.402DD103C7@polaris.pinpointresearch.com
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In 7.3.x:

select replace('Juan dela Cruz C/O ABC Co.'::text,'C/O'::text,'c/o'::text);
replace
----------------------------
Juan dela Cruz c/o ABC Co.
(1 row)

Cheers,
Steve

On Thursday 01 May 2003 8:46 pm, Don V. Soledad wrote:
> good day!
>
> how could i use the function translate to output the replacement of the
> exact occurrence of the 2nd parameter?
>
> for instance,
> select translate('Juan dela Cruz C/O ABC Co.','C/O','c/o');
> gives
> translate
> ----------------------------
> Juan dela cruz c/o ABc co.
>
> i would like the output to be "Juan dela Cruz c/o ABC Co." instead of "Juan
> dela cruz c/o ABc co." could i do this with the above function, or are
> there any functions that could do this?
>
> thank you very much!
>
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