Oracle-L: RE: Remove numbers from string

From: Richard Huntley <rhuntley_at_mindleaders.com>
Date: Mon, 01 Jul 2002 08:14:02 -0800
Message-ID: <F001.0048CDBC.20020701081402@fatcity.com>

select replace(translate('abcdefg123456hijkl12345abcd0','1234567890',' '),' ','')
from dual
/

REPLACE(TRANSLAT

abcdefghijklabcd

First, the numbers are translated into spaces, then the spaces are cleaned up, leaving the string
without numbers.

-----Original Message-----
Sent: Monday, July 01, 2002 7:18 AM
To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L

Is there any way to remove all numbers from a string?

The string might look like this: 'abc123def432' and I wan't it to look like this: 'abcdef'.

I'm using Oracle 8.

Thanks in advance!

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