RE: Oracle REPLACE function and carriage returns

From: Jacques Kilchoer <Jacques.Kilchoer_at_quest.com>
Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2003 14:05:59 -0800
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Have you tried a "select dump (field1) from table1" to see what ascii code corresponds to what you think is a carriage return?

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Hopper, Wendy S [mailto:wendy.hopper_at_eds.com]
> > 
> I am trying to write a query that strips carriage returns 
> from a comment
> field while selecting the data to a file.   I have used the following
> command -
> 
> select replace( field1, chr(10), '*' ) from table1;
> 
> The query seems to remove the carriage returns when returning 
> the data via
> sqlplus, but when I spool the output to a file it still shows 
> ^m followed by
> * in it.  Any ideas on what is going on here?

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Have you tried a "select dump (field1) from =
table1" to see what ascii code corresponds to what you think is a = carriage return?

> -----Original Message-----
 > From: Hopper, Wendy S [<A =
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 > > 
 > I am trying to write a query that strips =
carriage returns 
 > from a comment
 > field while selecting the data to a =
file.   I have used the following
 > command -
 > 
 > select replace( field1, chr(10), '*' ) from =
table1;
 > 
 > The query seems to remove the carriage returns =
when returning 
 > the data via
 > sqlplus, but when I spool the output to a file =
it still shows 
 > ^m followed by
 > * in it.  Any ideas on what is going on =
here?

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