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Question

hi,
i have the ff values:
ABC INC
XYZ CORPORATION
AAA INCORPORATED
ZZZ CORP
the names should be standard ie INC = INCORPORATED, CORP = CORPORATION. this should be resolved by replace(name,'INC','INCORPORATED','CORP','CORPORATION',etc). however, the CORP in INCORPORATED is again replaced by CORPORATION making the word 'INCORPORATIONORATED'.
what is the right code for this? the replace CORP should ignore the name if it already contains INCORPORATED.
pls help. thanks!
syd

Answer 1

Hello Syd,
The following sample code might do the trick:
SQL> CREATE TABLE sample
  2  (
  3  CH1 VARCHAR2(100 CHAR),
  4  CH2 VARCHAR2(100 CHAR)
  5  )
  6  ;
Table created.
SQL> INSERT INTO sample VALUES ('ABC','INC');
1 row created.
SQL> INSERT INTO sample VALUES ('XYZ','CORPORATION');
1 row created.
SQL> INSERT INTO sample VALUES ('AAA','INCORPORATED');
1 row created.
SQL> INSERT INTO sample VALUES ('ZZZ','CORP');
1 row created.
SQL> COMMIT;
Commit complete.
SQL> UPDATE sample SET CH2='CORPORATION' WHERE CH2 != 'CORPORATION' AND CH2 LIKE '%CORP%' AND CH2 NOT LIKE '%INC%';
1 row updated.
SQL> UPDATE SAMPLE SET CH2='INCORPORATED' WHERE CH2 != 'INCORPORATED' AND CH2 LIKE '%INC%';
1 row updated.
SQL> SELECT * FROM sample;
CH1
CH2
ABC
INCORPORATED
XYZ
CORPORATION
AAA
INCORPORATED
ZZZ
CORPORATION
SQL> COMMIT;
Commit complete.Regards,
Yoann.