Regexp_like question

Hi,
I would like to know how to catch new line character with regexp_like expression ? Is there a special character like \n in Unix ?
Cheers,
Thomas

In 10g2, you have Perl-Influenced Extensions in Oracle Regular Expressions.
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Quick REGEXP_LIKE Question

Hi everyone,
Had a very quick question: so I need to retrieve all records that have values in this format "type:123;target_id:456". Note that the numeric value can be 1-6 digits long for either type or target_id.
Can someone please help me with the regexp_like-ing this?
Thank you,
Edited by: vi2167 on May 27, 2009 2:06 PM
Edited by: vi2167 on May 27, 2009 2:07 PM

WHERE REGEXP_LIKE(val,'type:\d{1,6};target_id:\d{1,6}')SY.

What   regexp_like do

Hi ,
I am using oracle 10g
there is one query in my code like
select * from tab
where group_id = 1000
and
regexp_like(group_desc,'(^US*)|(^WW*)')
My question is what regexp_like(group_desc,'(^US*)|(^WW*)') will do

Ganesh Srivatsav wrote:
The regexp_like condition you have in your query is same as
WHERE group_desc like 'US%'
OR group_desc like 'WW%'G.not true, the second character is optional in the regexp.
SQL> with t as (select 'US' group_desc from dual
2             union all
3             select 'UB' from dual
4             union all
5             select 'W' from dual
6             union all
7             select 'WWaaahh' from dual
8             union all
9             select 'USSSS' from dual)
10 select *
11    from t
12   where regexp_like(group_desc,'(^US*)|(^WW*)') ;
GROUP_DESC
US
UB
W
WWaaahh
USSSS
5 rows selected.
Elapsed: 00:00:00.00
SQL> with t as (select 'US' group_desc from dual
2             union all
3             select 'UB' from dual
4             union all
5             select 'W' from dual
6             union all
7             select 'WWaaahh' from dual
8             union all
9             select 'USSSS' from dual)
10 select *
11    from t
12   WHERE group_desc like 'US%'
13        OR group_desc like 'WW%';
GROUP_DESC
US
WWaaahh
USSSS
3 rows selected.

Numeric and non numeric question

i have a question regarding value in column
if certain value in column is text i need to display 'abc'
if it is numeric then 'efg'
how to check that..i mean what function i need to use

Toon Koppelaars wrote:
You could create a function to test this:
If OP is on 10g, he can use REGEXP_LIKE:
SELECT CASE
          WHEN :p_input IS NULL THEN '"" is NULL'
          WHEN REGEXP_LIKE(:p_input,'^( *)(\+|-)?((\d*[.]?\d+)|(\d+[.]?\d*)){1}(e(\+|-)?\d+)?(f|d)?$','i') THEN '"' || :p_input || '" is a number'
          ELSE '"' || :p_input || '" is not a number'
        END is_number
FROM dual
/For example:
SQL> SELECT CASE
2            WHEN :p_input IS NULL THEN '"" is NULL'
3            WHEN REGEXP_LIKE(:p_input,'^( *)(\+|-)?((\d*[.]?\d+)|(\d+[.]?\d*)){1}(e(\+|-)?\d+)?(f|d)?$','i') THEN '"' || :p_input || '" is a number'
4            ELSE '"' || :p_input || '" is not a number'
5          END is_number
6    FROM dual
7 /
IS_NUMBER
"-7.8E+12" is a number
SQL> EXEC :p_input := '-7.8E+12.5';
PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.
SQL> /
IS_NUMBER
"-7.8E+12.5" is not a number
SQL> REGEXP_LIKE pattern is based on number diagram posted in Oracle docs.
SY.

Need help in REGEXP_LIKE

Hi All,
i need a help in REGEXP_LIKE for following condition as follows.
a column has value as
ALLOW
TO ALL PERSON
ALLOW ME
in this i have check the following condition.
excepted result:
if i give
REGEXP_LIKE(column_name,'ALL')
Result:
1 row selected
if i give
REGEXP_LIKE(column_name,'ALLOW THIS PERSON')
Result:
0 rows selected.
Thanks & Regards
Sami
Edited by: Sami on Nov 2, 2010 6:08 PM
Edited by: Sami on Nov 2, 2010 6:09 PM

Please use the {noformat}{noformat}tag and post formatted data.
For example, when you type (or copy/paste):
{noformat}select *
from dual;
{noformat}
it will appear as:select *
from dual;
on this forum.
See for FAQ for more tags: http://forums.oracle.com/forums/help.jspa
Regarding your question: what is your exect desired output? It's not 100% clear to me what you want.
If I use your first 'example' I get three rows:SQL> -- generating sample data:
SQL> with t as (
2 select 'ALLOW' col from dual union
3 select 'TO ALL PERSON' from dual union
4 select 'ALLOW ME' from dual
5 )
6 --
7 -- actueal query:
8 --
9 select col
10 from t
11 where regexp_like(col, 'ALL');
COL
ALLOW
ALLOW ME
TO ALL PERSON
3 rows selected.

MS/UNIX/DB question - How to find MS characters in Unix scripts.

Hi. I apologise if this is a bit off-topic.
We have been developing sql scripts on PC's but need to run them from UNIX. We are find Microsoft characters like double spaces followed by a dash convert into little squares and upside down question marks. etc.
I can find them in the database using:
SELECT description_text, dump(description_text)
FROM descriptions
WHERE regexp_like( description_text, '[^[:print:][:space:]]');And get things like "Adjustment � Service".
In unix that might appear as "\266" in the middle of a text string. We find them in the db, fix them, and re-deploy.. but this is getting tiresome.
I want to be able to repeatedly scan all sql scripts in Unix, including files in subdirectories. (there are literally hundreds..)
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Any suggestions about the easiest/most pragmatic way of doing this?
Thanks in advance. :)
Pete
Edited by: peetmoore on 11-Aug-2009 19:51

I couldn't get the shell script to work, so just kept playing with command line.
The closest I have is: find . -name "*.sql" | xargs grep 'xyz' Or using od: find . -name "*" | xargs | od -c | grep 'xyz' But i'm struggling a bit to identify and filter the specifc characters i'm looking for. They appear differently depending on how they're being viewed. (or not at all.) in some cases 2 spaces following by a dash " -" appeared as an update down question mark in Sql and "\266" in the unix script when viewed in vi. I don't have any current examples so it's hard to see what it looks like in od.

Using REGEXP_LIKE to query with exclusion

Dear all,
how to query a column that doesn't contain value with a particular letter in the middle of it using REGEXP_LIKE? Suppose I have the following:
SQL> select * from test;
TEMP
john
joni
jane
johny
jonny
SQL> select temp from test where regexp_like(temp,'[^h]');
TEMP
john
joni
jane
johny
jonny
SQL> select temp from test where regexp_like(temp,'[a-z]+[^h][a-z]+');
TEMP
john
joni
jane
johny
jonnyThe above code tries to query temp that doesn't contain letter 'h' in the middle (so it querries joni, jane, and jonny) but it cannot be done with
regexp_like(temp,'[^h]');
regexp_like(temp,'[a-z]+[^h][a-z]+');since these 2 patterns satisfy all the available rows. What is the solution?
Best regards,
Val

Frank Kulash wrote:
Hi,
Valerie Debonair wrote:
Hi Frank,
could you give another example, this time involves not equal character ^ instead of using NOT?Why? What's wrong with NOT?
There are other (more complicated and/or less efficient) ways to get the same results, but whatever objection you have to NOT might apply to those ways, too. Rather than have people suggest solutions one at a time, and wait for you to say "I can't use that", I suggest you explain why you can't use it, so that the next solution won;t have the same problem.
^ doesn't mean "not"; it means "something other than" or "anything except". This problem doesn't involve whther or not the string contains something other than 'h'; it only matters whether or not the string conatins 'h'.Hi Frank,
the purpose of this question is for me to understand the usage of ^ character with REGEXP_LIKE. While your solution solves the particular case that I asked, it didn't fully serve the purpose of the question even though it works well in the real world. In order words, I was focusing on the semantic of regular expression.
Thanks for the help though, your explanation on ^ character sheds me some light.......

Validation General Questions

I have a couple of general questions on validation.
1) I have a text field defined as a "Required" field (it is using the form_required template). Must I also create a NOT NULL validation on this field as well? It seems that I should not have to do this. However, if I do not create this NOT NULL validation, then clicking on a Submit button while this field is empty is not generating any error message. But when I include a NOT NULL validation, then I do get an error message.
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Thanks very much, Justin.
When I saw the regexp_like() function in your reply, I am wondering if, perhaps, you might also have some insight into how I can ckeck if a field contains non-English type characters (i.e., mult-byte characters). I already posted a question about this an hour ago but have not gotton any replies as yet. In my post I asked about using the regular expression pattern [[:alnum:]] since the docs state that this will check for mult-byte characters. And so, I thought if perhaps there is some function I might use to return a boolean TRUE if a field contains non-English characters versus a FALSE if it contains only English characters.
Any insight in this would be most appreciated.
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REGEXP_LIKE help - escaping the hyphen

I need to match string that does not contain "dc-ba" - all are literal. It has to return true for all strings that is not "ab-cd".
The hypen is creating the problem. If hypen were not there:
select ('Matched') "Status" from dual where REGEXP_LIKE('def', '[^(^dcba$)]');
Matchedselect ('Matched') "Status" from dual where REGEXP_LIKE('dcba', '[^(^dcba$)]');
no rows returnedEverything is as required to this point, but when I try to apply the same with hypen:
select ('Matched') "Status" from dual where REGEXP_LIKE('dc-ba', '[^(^dc-ba$)]');
Error: ORA-12728: Invalid range in regular expression
If I try to escape the hyphen:
select ('Matched') "Status" from dual where REGEXP_LIKE('dc-ba', '[^(^dc\-ba$)]');
MatchedWhich sould not be the case. It shoudl match all string other than "dc-ba".
Am I doing something wrong?

Tubby,
it is not just a question of replacing all the hyphens with something that's "special" that won't mess with the regular expression. First of all, that "special" can never occur in source data. For example, replacing hyphens with tilda could result in rejecting dc~ba:
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^dc-ba$)]', '-','~'));
no rows selected
SQL> Secondly, there is over a dozen special meaning characters in regular expressions, so each of them must be replaced with a chatacter that can not appear in source data.
SY.

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Hi,
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Thanks and Appreciate your patience
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1) We have a requirement to customize the Print Quote report. I searched these forums and found that this report can be defined either as a XML Publisher report or an Oracle Reports report depending on a profile option. Can you please let me know what the name of the profile option is?
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Does it mean that the profile in our case is set to call the rdf since it has reference to ASOPQTEL.rdf in the above url?
Yes, your understanding is correct.3) When you click on submit button do we have something like this in the jsp code: On click call ASOPQTEL.rdf. Is the report called using a concurrent program? I want to know how the report is getting invoked?
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This is detailed in many threads.Thanks
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HI EVERYBODY
I have these overheating problems with my laptop Satellite P300D-10v.
I did everything I could do to fix it without any success..
I get the latest update of the bios from Toshiba. I cleaned my lap with compressed air first and then disassembled it all and cleaned it better.(it was really clean insight though...)
BUT unfortunately the problem still exists...
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Well i guess this is a Toshiba bug for many years now.
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If any body knows PLS let me know.
chears
Thanks in advance

Hi
I have already found you other threads.
Regarding the warranty question;
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The warranty should cover every reparation or replacement.
But I read that you have disasembled the laptop at your own hand... hmmm if you have disasembled the notebook then your warrany is not valid anymore :(
I think this should be clear for you that you can lose the warrany if you disasemble the laptop!
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Name Quantity
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NOTE: quantity field is a keyfigure defined as numeric.
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thanks

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Hi, I have a mid 2010 15" MacBook Pro 2.4GHz i5.
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Message was edited by: Fresh J

Fresh J:
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