Re: Using the REPLACE command to replace all vowels

From: Geoffrey <esoteric(at)3times25(dot)net>
To: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Using the REPLACE command to replace all vowels
Date: 2006-05-07 22:53:57
Message-ID: 445E7A85.9050500@3times25.net
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Magnus Hagander wrote:
>> Is there a way to make seperate replacements in 1 field in
>> one command in SQL?
>>
>> I need to remove all vowels (a,e,i,o,u) in a field. How would
>> I go about that?
>
> Try something like
> SELECT regexp_replace(your_string,'[aeiou]','','g') ...
>
> (btw, if you want all vowels, don't forget 'y' :-P)

As I recall, that should be 'and sometimes y... I don't recall the sql
syntax for SOMETIMES :)

--
Until later, Geoffrey

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security will deserve neither and lose both. - Benjamin Franklin

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