Replace function - replacing an apostrophe

How can I use the replace function to replace an apostrophe
I am trying to do something like this
Replace(Employee."Manager Last name",''',"')
So replace the apostrophe with nothing

You may want to put the ASCII Char function for Apostrophe instead of the actual apostrophe.

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Replace Function: Replacing Whole Words Only

I'm enhancing the verity search on a project I'm working on,
removing the operator words (as well as others) from search
criteria before passing it to the verity engine. The only problem
I'm having so far is stripping out the whole words "AND", "OR", and
"NOT" from user-specified search criteria. I obviously want to do
it only in cases where "AND", "OR", and/or "NOT" are the whole
word, and not replace things like "hand", "organization", and
"notingham". It's probably so simple, but I'm a bit stumped.
While I'm here, has anyone developed anything to enhance
verity results, or know of a resource I could look into
further?

you can do this with ReReplace()
look in the documentation for "boundary", somewhere in the
regex
documentation, and you'll find what you're looking for. i
think it's "\b",
so it's something along the lines of
ReReplace(str,"\b(and|or|not)\b","","all")
"ckbentdesigns" <[email protected]> wrote in
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news:etsdqh$igj$[email protected]..
> I'm enhancing the verity search on a project I'm working
on, removing the
> operator words (as well as others) from search criteria
before passing it
> to
> the verity engine. The only problem I'm having so far is
stripping out the
> whole words "AND", "OR", and "NOT" from user-specified
search criteria. I
> obviously want to do it only in cases where "AND", "OR",
and/or "NOT" are
> the
> whole word, and not replace things like "hand",
"organization", and
> "notingham". It's probably so simple, but I'm a bit
stumped.
>
> While I'm here, has anyone developed anything to enhance
verity results,
> or
> know of a resource I could look into further?
>

Need help in using replace function with special characters

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
streets WHERE street_id = 1
Does anybody know how to do this?
Any help would be much appreciated.
Thanks.
George

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
streets WHERE street_id = 1
Does anybody know how to do this?
Any help would be much appreciated.
Thanks.
GeorgeHa! The codes you specified rendered in the HTML, but showed properly when I listed your original posting above. I didn't understand what you meant initially because the 5-character string represenation got rendered as the quote that you said you weren't able to get - a display problem.
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
Good luck!
Edited by: riedelme on May 22, 2009 12:45 PM

Can I use Replace function in a decode??

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I am trying to use replace function inside a Decode Function,
Here is how I am doing it:
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'N',
REPLACE (
ih.subs_addr_1
|| ' '
|| ih.subs_addr_2
|| ' '
|| ih.subs_city
|| ','
|| ih.subs_state_code
|| ' '
|| ih.subs_zip_code,
'Y',
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|| IH.PRINT_ALT_MAIL_ADDR_LINE_3
|| ' '
|| IH.PRINT_ALT_MAIL_ADDR_LINE_4
|| ' '
|| IH.PRINT_ALT_MAIL_ADDR_LINE_5
|| ' '
|| IH.PRINT_ALT_MAIL_ADDR_LINE_6,
) 1,
50
address from x
Can anyone please tell me what am I doing wrong here, It always gives me an error about missing a right parenthesis.
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                  || ih.subs_addr_2
                  || ' '
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                  || ','
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                  || ' '
                  || ih.subs_zip_code,
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                  || ' '
                  || ih.print_alt_mail_addr_line_2
                  || ' '
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                  || ' '
                  || ih.print_alt_mail_addr_line_4
                  || ' '
                  || ih.print_alt_mail_addr_line_5
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According to the docs I'm using this correctly: http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E26239_01/pt851h3/eng/psbooks/tace/book.htm?File=tace/htm/tace14.htm#H4095
Even if I try to execute the example right out of the documentation, I get the same error: REPLACE("StringFun", "Fun", "Number");
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It was typecasting problem
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2 xmldata clob;
3 Begin
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7 <ControlNumber>60022449779</ControlNumber>
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11 <PhoneContact>.</PhoneContact>
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16 <Type>SHIP</Type>
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22 <CargoHeader>
23 <CargoReceivedSeqNo>600015391790</CargoReceivedSeqNo>
24 <CargoId>RW9330P013948</CargoId>
25 </CargoHeader>
26 <CargoDimensions>
27 <Length>1</Length>
28 <Width>2</Width>
29 </CargoDimensions>
30 </CargoDetail>
31 <CargoDetROW>
32 <CargoHeader>
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34 <CargoId>RW9330P01394AA</CargoId>
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37 <Length>2</Length>
38 <Width>2</Width>
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47 <Length>1</Length>
48 <Width>2</Width>
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<Contro
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er>
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<PartyId>10002866</PartyId>
<Type>SHIP</Ty
pe>
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der>
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<CargoId>RW9330P01394
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<CargoReceivedSeq
No>600015391791</CargoReceivedSeqNo>
<CargoId>RW9330P01394AA</CargoId>
</CargoHe
ader>
<CargoDimensions>
<Length>2</Length>
<Width>2</Width>
</CargoDimensions>
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<CargoHeader>
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<CargoId>RW9330P01322</CargoId>
</CargoDetail>
<CargoDimensions>
<Length>1</Length>
<Width>2</Width>
</CargoDimensions>
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PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.
SQL> Twinkle
Edited by: Twinkle on Nov 26, 2009 6:05 PM

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