Function To Replace All Occurrences Of A String?
Jan 9, 2007
Years ago, someone created a database in Oracle that was carried over and now sits in Oracle 10g. I am developing an application that queries this database and returns the result as XML.
Many (thousands) of rows have an item description that contains an ampersand. I want each of these pieces of data to have it written as & amp; (had to add a space so it would show up here, but you know what I mean) instead of &, but I don't feel like doing thousands of UPDATEs to change this.
Does Oracle have any global find/replace functions that I can call? I'd rather do one update statement that replaces all occurances of & with & amp; but I can't seem to find a function that will do this.
I'm thinking something that would work like:
UPDATE table SET column1=REPLACE(column1,oldstr,newstr);
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Jul 11, 2012
How can i identify all the occurences of raise_application_error(-20XXX, '<the message>'); within all database objects, and replace them with other text?
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Aug 14, 2012
My Scenario is'....456re0,50kg400,500rfabs43qre30,25kg150,354rf658....'
there is possible,using regexp_substr or other way to get the values, 0,50 and 400,500 and 30,25 and 150,354? I'm using [^re]+[$kg] and the string comes, but only the first occurence..
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Feb 4, 2012
The code which I am working on consists of an incoming dynamic string which be in the form of binary digits. The max size of the string will be 12 digits. For example, the string can be '111011000001', '000000000000', '111111011111', etc.
I need to find the number of occurences of '111' in the incoming string. Say in the 1st example, result will be 1, in the 2nd example result will be 0, and in the third example, the result will be 3.
I have been trying to capture the string length and replacing the variables '111' to find the number of occurences, but it isn't giving me the result that I want. This is what I have tried
SQL> conn hr/hr
Connected.
SQL> show user
USER is "HR"
[Code]....
I searched the forum and found a similar topic, and following that guideline, I even tried dividing the string with the length of the pattern. It works in some scenarios (the first and second examples mentioned below), while it fails in some scenarios (third example mentioned below)
SQL> select (length('11101110111') - length(replace('11101110111','111','')))/length('111') as occurences from dual;
OCCURENCES
----------
3
SQL> select (length('110111110111') - length(replace('110111110111','111','')))/length('111') as occurences from dual;
OCCURENCES
----------
2
SQL> select (length('111111111111') - length(replace('111111111111','111','')))/length('111') as occurences from dual;
OCCURENCES
----------
SQL>
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Jun 26, 2012
I want to replace numeric values of a specific format with 'X' , find the below example and note that the string in the example only for sample values and the strings may be different.
Eg.
Input String :
Ticket no 12343 , 1234567891234567 , origin-dxb , dest-lhr , 1234 5678 9012 2345 , address - rose wood
bldg 2444 , downtown ,london-33 .
Output string :
Ticket no 12343 , XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX , origin-dxb , dest-lhr , XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX , address - rose wood
bldg 2444 , downtown
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Sep 26, 2013
I have a string. For example "I have too many files. There are 1000 files. I have to delete them." Sometimes the string can be "I have too many files. There are 115003 files. I have to delete them." Whatever the srting is, I need to change the string to "I have too many files. There are 10 files. I have to delete them." replace the "1000" or "115003" to "10". This portion of the string is always an integer. I use Oracle 11G2.
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Apr 7, 2011
replace the first 5 commas with the character '|' in the below string:
'Red, White, Blue, Purple, Pink, Green, Yellow, Gold and many others, like Black and Silver'
I tried:
SELECT regexp_replace('Red, White, Blue, Purple, Pink, Green, Yellow, Gold and many others, like Black and Silver',
',','|',1,5) from dual
but it only replaces the 5th comma.
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Nov 12, 2012
I am using regexp_replace function to replace the string between the double quotes with the first occurance but i am able to replace first occurance but I am not getting remaining string.
For example:
select REGEXP_replace('Parent.addChildByName("DS-Id of OAL(BROBA)")||parent.add("DS-Id of OAL(BROBA)")','["]:print:+:punct::print:*["]','XXXX') from DUAL
O/P: Parent.addChildByName(XXXX)
Expected O/P : Parent.addChildByName(XXXX)||parent.add("DS-Id of OAL(BROBA)")
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Jul 13, 2012
I am using the oracle 10g, I am trying to write the a sql query by which in a below mention patterns I can replace the digits after a string 'CVV' with X. The no of X will be equal to the no of digits after CVV
1. BTA CVV 8810
2. VISA PARTICULAR CCVIXXXXXXXXXXXX5474/1012 CVV498
3. C***CVV VI 569***
4. dskdfjdkgjdfk: FP CCVI,XXXXXXXXXXXX0031/0711/CVV 063/dffddf:dfdfdfd
5. (T) CVV 4671
6. MS-ACEEML/CVV
7. O/AXXXXXXXXXXXX1007EXP1210/CVVXXXXXXXXXXX4664/MEETING CARD FOR AMEX PARTNER OFFICES
AFTER a change above data should look like as mentioned below
1. BTA CVV XXXX
2. VISA PARTICULAR CCVIXXXXXXXXXXXX5474/1012 CVVXXX
3. C***CVV VI XXX***
4. dskdfjdkgjdfk: FP CCVI,XXXXXXXXXXXX0031/0711/CVV XXX/dffddf:dfdfdfd
5. (T) CVV XXX
6. MS-ACEEML/CVV -- no change for this
7. O/AXXXXXXXXXXXX1007EXP1210/CVVXXXXXXXXXXX4664/MEETING CARD FOR AMEX PARTNER OFFICES --- -- no change for this
Initially I tried to find the position of CVV in any string and then from that position take the digit and replace them with X. I tried the below code which is not complete
select REGEXP_INSTR('BTA CVV XXXX','CVV',1,1) from dual;
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Jun 29, 2012
I am required to manipulate a string in this way.For example ABCDEF)* to $ABCDEF). So I should find * and delete it and instead put $ in the beginning of string.
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Feb 13, 2012
I have written one program that inserts one field in table item_master based on existing field,for eg, its like old field is 'HEB240x240x10x17x13000mm, S 275 JR' - and i want to replace the 5 digits before mm i.e 13000 needs to be replaced by 6000 or 4000 based on generated values and the new item will be like 'HEB240x240x10x17x6000mm, S 275 JR' or 'HEB240x240x10x17x4000mm, S 275 JR'.
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Jun 20, 2012
I want to search for a pattern and replace with a string. I can easily achieve the same in oracle 10g with REGEXP_REPLACE , I want to get the similar solution in 9i.
Eg.
I have to search for a string pattern 1234 5678 9012 6736 , I want to replace the same with XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX.
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Sep 4, 2013
I have a requirement, where i need to find and replace values in delimited string. For example, the string is
"GL~1001~157747~FEB-13~ CREDIT~ A~N~ USD~ NULL~".
The 4th column gives month and year. I need to replace it with previous month name. For example:
"GL~1001~ 157747~ JAN-13~ CREDIT~ A~N~USD~NULL~".
I need to do same for last 12 months. I thought of first devide the values and store it in variable and then after replacing it with required value, join it back. I just wanted to know if there is any better way to do it?
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Jun 19, 2013
notes column having 2000 characters max, i want my string output based on 35 characters, ya i need to replace tag after 30 characters in the string.. I need out put as "hi hello how are you doing out there, similar i need to calculate the sting length and have to split it 35+35+35..
This i tried
select substr(note,1,(instr(note, ' ',35)))||'
'||substr(note,instr(note, ' ',35),(instr(note, ' ',35)))notes from test
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Aug 27, 2013
I am trying this function
instr(','||replace(r_code,' ') ' ' || ', ' , ',' ||r_code || ' , ' )=0
i want to hardcode 'a1', 'a2' from r_code i dont want records from a1, a2
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May 5, 2011
I have a table called email that contains a field called email
I have a few records in the table that contain example@hotmial.com and want to change the hotmial to hotmail
I also have some that are line example@hotmail.co and I want to change those to hotmail.com
so - I want to do a substring search and replace.
can the replace do this for me in one select statement - how do I structure the sql to do this?
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Jan 6, 2013
Explain with the best example for difference between translate and replace function.
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May 16, 2013
why the REPLACE function is not replacing. I assume it has something to do with the ASCII value being zero.
Connected to Oracle Database 11g Enterprise Edition Release 11.2.0.3.0
Connected as aggs@AGGSTEST
SQL>
SQL> SELECT str,
2 e9,
3 REPLACE(str, '%E9', e9) replace,
4 regexp_replace(str, '%E9', e9) regexp_replace,
5 utl_url.unescape(str, 'UTF8') utl_url,
6 ascii(e9) ascii
7 FROM (SELECT 'Soir%E9e' str,
8 chr(to_number('E9', 'xx')) e9
9 FROM dual);
STR E9 REPLACE REGEXP_REPLACE UTL_URL ASCII
-------- --- ------- -------------- ------- -----
Soir%E9e é Soire Soirée Soirée 0
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Jun 12, 2010
I have a table with:
1 million rows
average row length 200 bytes
50 columns
and this update statement
UPDATE mytable SET varchar2_4000_column = replace(replace(replace...300 times)
It looks at every row in the table (no WHERE clause) and does these 300 replace operations on this column for each row. Each replace replaces with a null so effectively it is removing strings. Much of the time these strings are not in the column.
This update statement takes 25 minutes and it is 98% CPU and 2% USER_IO time.
I figure that is what is taking all the time since it is a CPU bound statement. if rows in this table are persistent over time then tag rows with a flag to show which ones have already been processed and skip these next time around.
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Jun 6, 2013
I cant compile & execute this function.
create or replace
FUNCTION get_branding_testing
RETURN r_brand
IS
BEGIN
CURSOR c1
IS
SELECT b.branding_code, c.name_desc
[code]....
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Apr 14, 2011
I have the next SQL Loader file, and it is giving me some headches because the Replace instruction is not working. It does not replace the ' ' by NULL.
load data
CHARACTERSET UTF8
infile TABLE1.unl
BADFILE 'TABLE1.bad'
DISCARDFILE 'TABLE1.dsc'
insert into table GSCIS.table1
fields terminated by "|"
TRAILING NULLCOLS(
codl1 CHAR "REPLACE(:codl1, ' ', NULL)"
,col2 CHAR "REPLACE(:col2, ' ', NULL)"
,col3 INTEGER EXTERNAL
,col3 INTEGER EXTERNAL "DECODE(:col3, NULL, 0, :col3)"
)
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Aug 6, 2012
In my project, the below function retrieve output very slowly. Is there any alternative code to replace this function with join
CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION f_johnson (i_case_id number,i_seq_num argus_app.case_reference.seq_num%type) RETURN VARCHAR2 AS
c_ref VARCHAR2(32500) := null ;
CURSOR c_refer IS
[code]...
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Oct 18, 2004
I have a string like 10.01.03.04.234 or 234.05.07.032.� Is there a simple function in Oracle that would give me
10
01
03
04
234 as seperate values in a select clause.
I would like to do a
Select function(10.01.03.04.234)
into var1, var2, var3, var4, var5
from ....
I can accomplish the same with substr/length/instrs in a procedure...but looking for a simple function, if any, instead of writing a proc/function....
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Jul 29, 2010
i m create one function in which i have to concatenate result likeDate is 19/07/2010'. i tried to concatenate in select statement. in this case function is created successfully but it gives error when it run.
CREATE or replace function TEST(FINYEAR VARCHAR2)
RETURN VARCHAR2 AS
QRY_STRING VARCHAR2(1000);
BALANCE VARCHAR2(100);
[code]...
ERROR at line 1:
ORA-00923: FROM keyword not found where expected
ORA-06512: at "TEST", line 11
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Aug 6, 2010
I have a package includes 22 functions, each function just returns a sql template (clob type).
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CREATE OR REPLACE PROCEDURE Query_builder (ApplicationName varchar2, StatementName varchar2) IS
SQLSkeleton varchar2;
BEGIN
PackageName := ApplicationName||'_SKELETON;
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Oct 2, 2013
I'm trying to find a simple way of getting around this. I have a PL/SQL procedure which loops through a list of values in a table. These values are the actual names of the functions I want it to run in sequence. The problem is I can get the string value each time but I need to store the return value of each function into a number variable e.g.
BEGIN
open all_tests;
fetch all_tests BULK COLLECT INTO test_tabl;
close all_tests;
for myindex IN 1..test_tabl.count LOOP
time_taken := test_source1 ==> this will work but how do I avoid hardcoding the name of the function to be executed and use the test_name value instead?? time_taken is declared as a number (ie the return value of each function is a number)
test_detail := test_tabl(myindex).test_name; ==> test_detail now contains the string name of the function
dbms_output.put_line('Test detail is ' || test_detail);
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Nov 6, 2010
I just think about write a function with gives me a searched string from table.
select col1, col2 from the_table
col1 col2
--------------------------
SMS yes
Melodies no
Java build
...
And I would like to make a function or something like that where input parameter is from col1 and result is col2. For instance:
select the_function('SMS') from dual;
Result: yes
how to write it?
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Dec 18, 2012
I have created a VIEW with a column containing user-defined aggregated values(stores the output in varchar2 data type). Some of the records exceed the maximum limit, for example varchar2(4000). I was suggested a PL/SQL function to check the length and build a string if necessary..
CREATE OR REPLACE
FUNCTION SUBURL(col1 IN VARCHAR2, col2 IN varchar2)
RETURN varchar2
[Code].....
Here, I got the following error,
Error(4,25): PLS-00103: Encountered the symbol "," when expecting one of the following:
:= . ( @ % ; not null range default character
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Aug 6, 2010
I have created a function that is used for splitting a comma separated string & give the output in tabular form.here is the function
Here I have used CLOB as my input string will be huge(greater than max limit of varchar2)
CREATE OR REPLACE TYPE SPLIT_TBL_CLOB AS TABLE OF CLOB;
CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION CSVTOSTRING_CLOB
(
P_LIST CLOB,
P_DEL VARCHAR2 := ','
) RETURN SPLIT_TBL_CLOB PIPELINED
[code]....
But here I am facing 2 problems.
1. The function is not accepting a large string & I am getting the error
ORA-01704: string literal too long
2. The function is going for an infinite loop.
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Oct 12, 2011
I'm trying to extract the domain from email addresses like from clay500@msn.com I want to pull msn
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SELECT POSITION ('CAT' IN 'CATCH') FROM DUAL;
the guide says you get the answer 1
but I get ORA-00907: missing right parenthesis
What gives?
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