| From: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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| To: | Steve Frampton <frampton(at)LinuxNinja(dot)com> |
| Cc: | pgsql-sql(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: Doing a regexp-based search/replace? |
| Date: | 2001-10-18 18:52:46 |
| Message-ID: | 25088.1003431166@sss.pgh.pa.us |
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Steve Frampton <frampton(at)LinuxNinja(dot)com> writes:
> If this were a text file, I would use a sed expression such as:
> cat textfile | sed 's/-.*$//'
> I've been looking for a way to do this with PostgreSQL but so far haven't
> found a function that seems to be suitable.
Write a function in pltcl or plperl, either of which can mash text
strings with ease and abandon ...
regards, tom lane
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