Regular exp

Hello guys,
I have something like this in a particular column
/Jewel/Watches/ForHim/05645432454
Using regular exp, How can i select whatever is coming before /05645432454. My result should be "/Jewel/Watches/ForHim". Basically the rule is what ever coming before that last '/' in the column is to be selected.
Please help
Thanks
Edited by: user626688 on Aug 6, 2010 2:15 PM
Edited by: user626688 on Aug 6, 2010 2:15 PM

user626688 wrote:
Hello guys,
I have something like this in a particular column
/Jewel/Watches/ForHim/05645432454
Using regular exp, How can i select whatever is coming before /05645432454. My result should be "/Jewel/Watches/ForHim". Basically the rule is what ever coming before that last '/' in the column is to be selected.
Please helpJust for my clarification, "exp" is not the old Oracle export utility, correct? You are just looking for the SQL commands that will allow you to return what is in front of the last "/" character, correct?
The INSTR function is able to search from the last character position, and locate the right-most "/" character:
http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/B19306_01/server.102/b14200/functions068.htm
Something like this:
SELECT
INSTR(COL1,'/',-1,1)
FROM
T1;With the position known, you can then use SUBSTR to return the left portion of the string - starting at the first character and extending to 1 less than the character position that was previously found:
SELECT
SUBSTR(COL1,1, INSTR(COL1,'/',-1,1) - 1)
FROM
T1;Charles Hooper
Co-author of "Expert Oracle Practices: Oracle Database Administration from the Oak Table"
http://hoopercharles.wordpress.com/
IT Manager/Oracle DBA
K&M Machine-Fabricating, Inc.

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