Re: word wrap in postgres

Thanks a lot , will try this one

Regards

On Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 1:59 PM, Andreas Kretschmer <
akretschmer(at)spamfence(dot)net> wrote:

> akp geek <akpgeek(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
>
> > Hi all -
> >
> > Is it possible to to split the data of a column into
> multiple
> > lines. We are have a column which is text. when the query is excecuted, I
> > wanted to display the text of the column in separate lines. Is it
> possible ?
>
> Sure, for instace with a function like this:
>
> test=*# select * from apk ;
> t
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> this is a long line with text, i will try to split this line to display
> multiple lines
> (1 Zeile)
>
> Zeit: 0,251 ms
> test=*# create or replace function split_line(t text,count int) returns
> text as $$declare i int;c int; ret text; begin ret:= t; i:=0;c:=0;for i
> in 0 .. length(ret) loop if substring(ret,i,1) = ' ' then c:=c+1; end
> if; if c = count then ret := overlay(ret placing E'\n' from i for 1);
> c:= 0; end if; end loop; return ret; end; $$language plpgsql;
> CREATE FUNCTION
> Zeit: 0,537 ms
> test=*# select split_line(t,3) from apk ;
> split_line
> ------------------------
> this is a
> long line with
> text, i will
> try to split
> this line to
> display multiple lines
> (1 Zeile)
>
>
>
>
>
> Andreas
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