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RE: Isnumeric question

From: Mladen Gogala <mladen_at_wangtrading.com>
Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2003 12:24:47 -0800
Message-ID: <F001.005D0D94.20030923122447@fatcity.com>


Let's see:  

Oracle Regular Expressions Pocket Reference is part tutorial and part quick-reference. It's suitable for those who have never used regular expressions before, as well as those who have experience with Perl and other languages supporting regular expressions. The book describes Oracle Database 10G's support for regular expressions, including globalization support and differences between Perl's syntax and the POSIX syntax supported by Oracle 10G. It also provides a comprehensive reference, including examples, to all supported regular expression operators, functions, and error messages.  

This book like it's written for the same version as the article I pulled from OTN. I think I can top that and add the full strength of the regular expressions to 8.1.7. Visit the following URL: http://www.smashing.org/extproc_perl and you'll get the idea how it's done.      

--
Mladen Gogala
Oracle DBA 


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Jared.Still_at_radisys.com
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Or, how about:  http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/oracleregexpr/ 




	Mladen Gogala <mgogala_at_adelphia.net> 
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 09/22/2003 06:44 PM 
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Here is a good impossible solution which can be used
to make this list drool:

http://technet.oracle.com/oramag/webcolumns/2003/techarticles/rischert_regex
p_pt1.html


On 2003.09.22 21:24, Jacques Kilchoer wrote:

> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: ml-errors_at_fatcity.com [mailto:ml-errors_at_fatcity.com]On Behalf Of
> Teresita Castro
> >
> >I want to made something like this ina query
> >
> >select decode( isnumeric(line_comment), to_number(line_comment),0)
> >
> >how can I do this in Oracle?
>
> First you need to define what "isnumeric" means to you.
> Does it mean
> a) this string only contains ASCII characters 0 through 9
> b) this string only contains ASCII characters 0 through 9 with maybe one
> decimal point (as determined by my NLS settings)'
> c) this string only contains ASCII characters 0 through 9 with maybe one
> decimal point and group separators (as determined by my NLS settings)
> d) 'this string contains a valid ORACLE number constant' e.g. -2.3e+10 is
a
> valid number?
> e) something else (minus signs, etc.)
>
> If the answer is d), then (from an old idea by Jared Still) create your
own
> function
> create function is_number (str in varchar2)
> return number
> is
> x number ;
> begin
> x := to_number (str) ;
> return 1 ;
> exception
> when value_error
> then
> return 0 ;
> when others
> then
> raise ;
> end ;
> /
> --
> Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net
> --
> Author: Jacques Kilchoer
> INET: Jacques.Kilchoer_at_quest.com
>
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