Help needed using REPLACE function

Post Author: Domo
CA Forum: Formula
I need to swap out HTML special characters for their corresponding symbols.
The text field in question obviously contains many number codes, e.g. ' for an apostrophe (') and I would like to write a formula which replaces these for it's corresponding text character.
How would I go about this? I know how to use replace for single entries, e.g. Replace(, "'", "'"); but how do I apply this to multiple entries?
I have been using Crystal syntax for other formulas in the report (not sure if Basic and Crystal can be used?).

Post Author: Domo
CA Forum: Formula
Yeah it seems using a combination of Basic and Crystal syntax is possible in CR9.
I simply created the following formula in the end:
dim strInputstrInput = {TEXT.STRING}formula = replace(replace(replace(replace(replace(replace(replace(replace(replace(strinput, "<P>", "")," ", " "), "'", "'"), "</P>", ""), ":", ":"), "<BR>", CHR(13)), "<", "<"), ">", ">"), """, "''")
Looks a little messy but it works!

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The data looks like this:
CREEK'S LANE
ie for a street named CREEK'S LANE.
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george91 wrote:
I have a column in a table where the data can contain ascii code for special characters such as an apostrophe.
The data looks like this:
CREEK'S LANE
ie for a street named CREEK'S LANE.
I want to replace the ascii representation with the apostrophe and have the returned data show up as: CREEK's LANE
When I try the query below I get prompted for substitution variable value.
I don't seem to be able to find the right syntax to make this query work.
SELECT REPLACE (street_name, ''', '''')
FROM
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Does anybody know how to do this?
Any help would be much appreciated.
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You're getting prompted for the substituon variable because of the ampersand; you appear to be doing this in SQL*PLUS. The first thing I would try is to SET DEFINE OFF when using the ampersands to see if that works. If That doesn't work check the docs to delmit the ampersand (I think its a backslash before it but can't remember offhand). Another, harder option might be to use the TRANSLATE function replacing the literal character instead of using REPLACE (though replacing a quote will be a little tricky). If you're on 10g also consider using the advanced quoting
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BluShadow wrote:
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FOR i IN 1..l_enames.COUNT LOOP
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CREATE OR REPLACE PROCEDURE SimpleAggClob (x_out OUT CLOB) IS
l_enames     char100_list_type;
BEGIN
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FOR i IN 1..l_enames.COUNT LOOP
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SHO ERR
PROMPT ClobAggPrc
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BEGIN
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SET SERVEROUTPUT ON
SET TIMING ON
DECLARE
l_enames_c1     CLOB;
l_enames_c2     CLOB;
l_enames_v     VARCHAR2(32767);
l_timer     timer_set_type := timer_set_type ('Aggregation');
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SET LINES 150
SET PAGES 1000
COLUMN id FORMAT A30
COLUMN line_text FORMAT A120
SELECT line_text
FROM output_log
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ORDER BY line_ind
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SimpleAggChr returned string of length 5779
ClobAggPrc returned string of length 5779
SimpleAggClob returned string of length 5779
PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.
Elapsed: 00:00:27.05
LINE_TEXT
Timer Set: Aggregation, constructed at 03 Nov 2011 16:27:07, written at 16:27:35
================================================================================
[Timer timed: Elapsed (per call): 0.02 (0.000016), CPU (per call): 0.01 (0.000010), calls: 1000, '***' denotes corrected
line below]
Timer              Elapsed          CPU          Calls        Ela/Call        CPU/Call
SimpleAggChr          9.84         0.36              1         9.84400         0.36000
ClobAggPrc            9.37         0.32              1         9.37400         0.32000
SimpleAggClob         8.25         0.22              1         8.25000         0.22000
(Other)               0.00         0.00              1         0.00000         0.00000
Total                27.47         0.90              4         6.86700         0.22500
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Hello,
I have the following MSSQL code which I need to migrate to Oracle 10g. The problem I am having is the MSSQL code creates a temp table as the return type and I am unsure how to get the same functionality in PL/SQL.
MSSQL CODE_
CREATE FUNCTION [dbo].[QueryCurrentWhy]
@ColumnID INT,
@GroupID INT,
@Parents VARCHAR(8000)
RETURNS @R TABLE(ID1 int IDENTITY (1, 1) NOT NULL, ID2 int, ColID int, [Name] VARCHAR(255), Tlevel int, ParentID int, Processed BIT)
AS
BEGIN
RETURN
END
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ORACLE CODE_
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ID1 INT NOT NULL,
ID2 INT,
ColID INT,
Name VARCHAR2(255),
Tlevel INT,
ParentID INT,
Processed CHAR(1)
CREATE SEQUENCE gCounter
     START WITH 1
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BEFORE INSERT ON tempR
FOR EACH ROW
DECLARE TEMP_NO INT;
BEGIN
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:NEW.ID1 := TEMP_NO;
END;
CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION TSORADB.QueryCurrentWhy
aColumnID INT,
aGroupID INT,
aParents VARCHAR2(8000)
RETURN tempR
AS
BEGIN
RETURN;
EXCEPTION when NO_DATA_FOUND then null;
END;
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Edited by: redeye on Jul 27, 2009 3:26 PM

Unfortunately I didnt write the original function or stored procedure and the person who did is no longer with the company, so apologies for any confusion with what I am saying.
Maybe it'll be more helpful if i paste the contents of the function?
CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION TSORADB.QueryCurrentWhy
aColumnID INT,
aGroupID INT,
aParents VARCHAR2(8000)
RETURN tempR
AS
--BEGIN
aPKColTypeID INT;
aFKDColTypeID INT;
aFKDSColTypeID INT;
aFKIColTypeID INT;
aColType VARCHAR2(30);
aTableID INT;
aName VARCHAR2(255);
aNameWhyMost VARCHAR2(255);
aNameWhyMost2 VARCHAR2(255);
aLongNameStr VARCHAR2(1000);
aConnectStr VARCHAR2(1000);
aColID INT;
aColIDWhyMost INT;
aColIDWhyMost2 INT;
aColIDWhyMostLast INT;
aCount INT;
aID1 INT;
aID2 INT;
aPreID2 INT;
aMaxID2 INT;
aCurrentID2 INT;
aTLevel INT;
aTLevel2 INT;
aTlevelLast INT;
aNewLevel INT;
aMaxTLevel INT;
aMaxTLevel2 INT;
aParentID INT;
aParentID2 INT;
aNewParentID INT;
aProcessed number (1);
--aCurVar1 CURSOR;
aParent INT; aStrEntityIDSet varchar(2000); aStrPipeSepValsInput varchar(2000); aEndPointInput int; aSeperatorIndex int;
aNumTempDoc INTEGER := 0;
--aColumnID INT DEFAULT(0);
--aGroupID INT DEFAULT(0);
--aParents VARCHAR(8000) DEFAULT('');
BEGIN
SELECT ColumnTypeID INTO aPKColTypeID FROM TSORADB.HKColumnType WHERE ColumnTypeName = 'PK';
SELECT ColumnTypeID INTO aFKDColTypeID FROM TSORADB.HKColumnType WHERE ColumnTypeName = 'FKD';
SELECT ColumnTypeID INTO aFKDSColTypeID FROM TSORADB.HKColumnType WHERE ColumnTypeName = 'FKDS';
SELECT ColumnTypeID INTO aFKIColTypeID FROM TSORADB.HKColumnType WHERE ColumnTypeName = 'FKI';
IF (aGroupID is null)
THEN
     aGroupID := -1;
END IF;
--Tokenize the parent array and get back a set of values.
IF(aParents is not null)
THEN
BEGIN
     aStrEntityIDSet := aParents;
     aStrPipeSepValsInput := '|' + ltrim(rtrim(aStrEntityIDSet)) + '|';
     --print aStrPipeSepValsInput
     aEndPointInput := INSTR(aStrPipeSepValsInput, '|');
     aStrPipeSepValsInput := INSTR (aStrPipeSepValsInput, LENGTH (aStrPipeSepValsInput) - aEndPointInput); -- take out the '|' pattern
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          aParent := SUBSTR(aStrPipeSepValsInput, 1, aEndPointInput - 1);
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     END;
     END LOOP;
END;
END IF;
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INTO aTableID, aName, aColType
FROM TSORADB.HKColumns hkc
INNER JOIN TSORADB.HKColumnType hkct on hkc.ColTypeID = hkct.ColumnTypeID
WHERE hkc.ColumnID = aColumnID;
IF aColType in ('PK','PKD')
THEN
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     THEN PKs3.Name
     ELSE FKIs3.Name
     END Name
     INTO aName
     FROM TSORADB.HKColumns PKs3
     INNER JOIN
     SELECT hkc3.TableID FROM TSORADB.HKColumns hkc3
     WHERE hkc3.ColumnID = aColumnID
     ) HKC3 ON PKs3.TableID = HKC3.TableID
     LEFT OUTER JOIN
     SELECT TableID, Name
     FROM TSORADB.HKColumns
     WHERE ColTypeID = aFKIColTypeID
     ) FKIs3 ON PKs3.TableID = FKIs3.TableID
     WHERE PKs3.ColTypeID = aPKColTypeID AND ((aGroupID=-1 AND PKs3.GroupID IS NULL) OR PKs3.GroupID=aGroupID);
END IF;
-- Insert query column itself
aTlevel := 0;
aParentID := 0;
aID2 := 1;
IF (aColType = 'ATT')
THEN
BEGIN
INSERT INTO tempR(ID2, ColID, Name, Tlevel, ParentID, Processed)
SELECT distinct aID2, TopHKCs.ColumnID as ColID, aName as Name,aTlevel as Tlevel, aParentID as ParentID, 1 as Processed
     FROM TSORADB.HKColumns TopHKCs
WHERE TopHKCs.ColumnID = aColumnID;
aID2 := aID2 + 1;
aTlevel := 1;
     aParentID := aColumnID;
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     SELECT
     CASE WHEN FKIs3.Name is null
     THEN PKs3.Name
     ELSE FKIs3.Name
     END Name
     INTO aName
     FROM TSORADB.HKColumns PKs3
     INNER JOIN
     SELECT hkc3.TableID FROM TSORADB.HKColumns hkc3
     WHERE hkc3.ColumnID = (SELECT ColumnID FROM TSORADB.HKColumns WHERE TableID = aTableID AND ColTypeID = aPKColTypeID)
     ) HKC3 ON PKs3.TableID = HKC3.TableID
     LEFT OUTER JOIN
     SELECT TableID, Name
     FROM TSORADB.HKColumns
     WHERE ColTypeID = aFKIColTypeID
     ) FKIs3 ON PKs3.TableID = FKIs3.TableID
     WHERE PKs3.ColTypeID = aPKColTypeID AND ((aGroupID=-1 AND PKs3.GroupID IS NULL) OR PKs3.GroupID=aGroupID);
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FROM TSORADB.HKColumns
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     AND ColTypeID = aPKColTypeID;
aID2 := aID2 + 1;
END;
ELSE
BEGIN
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     SELECT nonCompoundHks.ColumnID as ColID, aName as Name,aTlevel as Tlevel, aParentID as ParentID, 0 as Processed
     FROM TSORADB.HKColumns nonCompoundHks
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     AND ((aGroupID=-1 AND nonCompoundHks.GroupID IS NULL) OR nonCompoundHks.GroupID=aGroupID)
     AND nonCompoundHks.ColTypeID = aPKColTypeID
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          From TSORADB.HKColumns hkc4
          WHERE hkc4.TableID = nonCompoundHks.TableID
          AND (hkc4.ColTypeID = aFKDColTypeID OR hkc4.ColTypeID = aFKDSColTypeID)
     AND NOT EXISTS
          select ColumnID
          From TSORADB.HKColumns hkc5
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          AND ((aGroupID=-1 AND hkc5.GroupID IS NULL) OR hkc5.GroupID=aGroupID)
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INNER JOIN (
          SELECT hkc.ColumnID
          FROM TSORADB.HKColumns hkc
          WHERE hkc.ColTypeID = aPKColTypeID
          AND hkc.Name = aName --lower(hkc.Name) = lower(aName)
          AND ((aGroupID=-1 AND hkc.GroupID IS NULL) OR hkc.GroupID=aGroupID)
          AND NOT EXISTS
          select ColumnID
          From TSORADB.HKColumns hkc2
          WHERE hkc2.TableID = hkc.TableID
          AND (hkc2.ColTypeID = aFKDColTypeID OR hkc2.ColTypeID = aFKDSColTypeID)
          AND ((aGroupID=-1 AND hkc2.GroupID IS NULL) OR hkc2.GroupID=aGroupID)
) Indys ON Indys.ColumnID = compoundHkc.ForeignKey
     WHERE compoundPk.ColTypeID = aPKColTypeID;
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     FETCH FROM aCurVar1 INTO aColID, aName, aTlevel, aParentID, aProcessed
     WHILE aafetch_status = 0
     BEGIN
          IF(aParents is null or EXISTS (SElECT ColID FROM aTmpParent WHERE ColID = aColID) )
          BEGIN
               INSERT INTO tempR(ID2, ColID, [Name], Tlevel, ParentID, Processed) VALUES(aID2, aColID, aName, aTlevel, aParentID, aProcessed)
               SET aID2 = aID2 + 1
          END
          FETCH NEXT FROM aCurVar1 INTO aColID, aName, aTlevel, aParentID, aProcessed
     END
     CLOSE aCurVar1 */
END;
END IF;
     begin
     SELECT COUNT(*) INTO aNumTempDoc FROM tempR WHERE Processed = 0 and Tlevel < 1;
     end;
WHILE aNumTempDoc > 0
LOOP
BEGIN
-- Get current row
     SELECT ID1, ID2, ColID, Name, Tlevel, ParentID
     INTO aID1, aID2, aColID, aName, aTlevel, aParentID
     FROM tempR
     WHERE Processed = 0 AND ROWNUM = 1
     ORDER BY ID1;
UPDATE tempR SET processed = 1 WHERE ID1 = aID1;
aPreID2 := aID2;
-- Get why parents
declare CURSOR aCurVar1 IS --SELECT * FROM TSORADB.HKColumns;
     SELECT distinct FKDPKs.ColumnID as ColID,
          CASE WHEN FKDFKI.NAME is null
          THEN FKDPKs.Name
          ELSE FKDFKI.Name
          END Name,
     (aTlevel+1) as Tlevel,
     PREHKCs.ColID AS ParentID,
     0 as Processed
     FROM TSORADB.HKColumns FKDPKs
     INNER JOIN
     TSORADB.HKColumns FKDFKs ON FKDPKs.ColumnID = FKDFKs.ForeignKey
INNER JOIN
     TSORADB.HKColumns FKDFKs2 ON FKDFKs2.TableID = FKDFKs.TableID
     INNER JOIN
     tempR PREHKCs ON PREHKCs.ColID=aColID AND PREHKCs.ColID = FKDFKs2.ColumnID AND PREHKCs.Tlevel=aTlevel
     LEFT OUTER JOIN
     SELECT TableID, Name, GroupID
     FROM TSORADB.HKColumns
     WHERE ColTypeID = aFKIColTypeID
     ) FKDFKI ON FKDFKI.TableID = FKDPKs.TableID
     INNER JOIN TSORADB.HKColumnType ON FKDPKs.ColTypeID=HKcolumnType.ColumnTypeID
     WHERE FKDPKs.ColTypeID=aPKColTypeID AND FKDPKs.ColumnID <> aColumnID
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AND ((aGroupID=-1 AND FKDPKs.GroupID IS NULL) OR FKDPKs.GroupID=aGroupID);
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--WHILE aafetch_status = 0
BEGIN
IF (aCount = 1) -- The first Why Parent
          THEN
               INSERT INTO tempR(ID2, ColID, Name, Tlevel, ParentID, Processed) VALUES(aPreID2, aColID, aName, aTlevel, aParentID, 0);
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BEGIN
               aID2 := aID2 + 1;
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INSERT INTO tempR(ID2, ColID, Name, Tlevel, ParentID, Processed) SELECT aID2 as ID2, ColID, Name, Tlevel, ParentID, 1 AS Processed FROM tempR WHERE ID1 <= aID1 AND ID2 = aPreID2;
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INSERT INTO tempR(ID2, ColID, Name, Tlevel, ParentID, Processed) VALUES(aID2, aColID, aName, aTlevel, aParentID, 0);
END;
END IF;
aCount := aCount + 1;
          --FETCH NEXT FROM aCurVar1 INTO aColID, aName, aTlevel, aParentID, aProcessed;
END;
     END LOOP;
CLOSE aCurVar1;
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END;
END LOOP;
-- Generate Unique Path Table End
RETURN;
EXCEPTION when NO_DATA_FOUND then null;
END;
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SET @Tlevel = 1
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CASE WHEN R2.ColID is null
THEN 0
ELSE 1
END HasWhyParent,
0 as IsSelected
FROM HKColumns
INNER JOIN #TmpR1 AS R1
ON HKColumns.ColumnID = R1.ColID AND R1.Tlevel=@Tlevel
INNER JOIN HKColumnType
ON HKColumns.ColTypeID=HKcolumnType.ColumnTypeID AND HKColumns.ColTypeID=@PKColTypeID
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public class Try
{public static void main (String[] args)
{int a;
String b;
a = 000002;
b = "JSmith";
System.out.printf(b + "%d", a);
}}I need a help with the printf function.
The result of this small excercise that I just made is:
Jsmith2
How do I make it so that the zeros is also displayed? (using the printf)
I want it to look like this: Jsmith000002
Thank you in advance

TrySystem.out.printf(b + "%06d", a);(I don't have a compiler here so I haven't tested this).
The "6" is the width - the minimum number of characters that will be
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Thanks!. But i am afraid if this would help.
there may be many column names having 'N_' at whatever position. for eg., TRAN_ID. here N_ comes at 4th and 5th position.
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I am trying to avoid using regular expression and just use other functions like replace, instr, trim etc.
But what my main confusion is how do i take care of three cases in which.
CA can be present with spaces before and after it like.
- Redwood City, CA 96403
CA can be present with spaces only before it and after it the string ends.
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( for example do not replace ca in Blaca)
or
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Hi,
user6287828 wrote:
... (only four of these abbreviations need to be replaced)In that case, nesting the functions one inside another won't be too bad. But watch out: this is exactly the kind of requirement that changes over time. You might only need 4 states now, nut next year they might expand the application so that you need all 50 states (plus Puerto Rico, and DC, and ....). In that case, something like MODEL, or a user-defined PL/SQL function, would be better.
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And any abbreviation can be present in one column.
More than one abbreviation can be present in one column
None of the abbreviations can be present in this column.
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column
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awaiting reply...
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I am trying to use decode function shown below
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it shows error ORA 01427:single-row subquery returns more than one row.
could you people help me resovle the issue.
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Funny thing how many mistakes can be in one little line. I try to list what is wrong here. maybe it helps you to understand what is going on.
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3) decode with a multi-row subquery => the decode function only accepts single values. e.g: ,"decode(deptid,(select max(dept_id) from dept),..." => THis is not really useful, just an example.
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7) Don't select everthing and check for each row later. Select only relevent rows. That means do your checks in the WHERE clause of a select statement not in the SELECT clause. Example: "select id from student where dept_id in (select dept_id from dept);" Possible in this case is also a join "select student.id from student, dept where student.dept_id=dept.dept_id"
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Hi,
I using instr function to find the delimiter '|' .the function does retrives value , if the character contains
special charcater. (i.e)INSTR('CarÃ¡n|','|',1,6) returns
only zero as the value , which is not correct. kindly suggest me some solution for the above problem.
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By INSTR('CarÃ¡n|','|',1,6) , you are trying to find location of 6th occurance of special character '|' . Since there is no such occurence, it is returning 0.
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INSTR('CARAN|','|')
6
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I am hetting error when i use Analytical functions in Expressions
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Error is as follows
Line 1, Col 28:
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* & = - + ; < / > at in is mod remainder not rem
<an exponent (**)> <> or != or ~= >= <= <> and or like LIKE2_
LIKE4_ LIKEC_ between || multiset member SUBMULTISET_

Hi,
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Need help in using sleep function in pl/sql

Hi,
need help:
I have a condition where i want to validate total_pass=total_fail and
I want to use the sleep function in a pl/sql where i want to wait for 2 minutes ie.checking
whether total_pass=total_fail based upon class_id .
I have the data in the table as:
CLASS_ID TOT_PASS TOT_FAIL
1 10 10
2 5 4
3 6 6
4 7 5
Any help will be needful for me

I'm not quite sure what you are lookg for here, but whatever it is, your code as posted won't do it. You will never break out of the WHILE r_Class.Tot_Pass = r_Class.Tot_Fail loop, since these values will never change because you never get the next record form the cursor.
From your original data, it looks like your cursor will return multiple rows which implies to me that you want to fetch the first row from the cursor, check if tot_pass = tot_fail, if they are equal, sleep for two minutes then get the next row. This does not make sense to me. Once the select in the cursor is executed, the data it returns will not change due to Oracle's read consistency model, so there seems to me no point in the sleep.
The other alternative I can see is that you want to check all the returned rows, and if tot_pass = tot_fail for one of the rows (or possibly for all of the rows), then you want to sleep and try again.
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