Re: Funtion to clean up strings?

From: Gregory Stark <stark(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>
To: Andreas <maps(dot)on(at)gmx(dot)net>
Cc: PostgresSQL list <pgsql-sql(at)postgresql(dot)org>, raju(at)linux-delhi(dot)org
Subject: Re: Funtion to clean up strings?
Date: 2009-02-18 13:05:46
Message-ID: 87ocwz28ut.fsf@oxford.xeocode.com
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Andreas <maps(dot)on(at)gmx(dot)net> writes:

> Hi
> Thanks, that really works :)
>
> Now a last extension.
> Some numbers were entered in a "110% perfect" way with an excessive (0). +49
> (0) 123 / 456 789
> I have to suspect the source liked to express that it's either +49 or 0 if
> the +49 isn't applicable, but not both.

This is the standard format for phone numbers. Parenthesized digits -- as you
suspected -- represent digits which must only be dialled when using the number
locally and must be omitted from outside.

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Gregory Stark
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