Oracle-L: Re: update statement ???

From: Mauricio <oraclemavelgo_at_yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2003 13:49:23 -0800
Message-ID: <F001.005C7E45.20030730134923@fatcity.com>

You have to issue the following command:

UPDATE cli_branches
SET brch_name = REPLACE(brch_name, ' (NO PHONE #S)');

regards,

Mauricio Vélez

Janet Linsy <janetlinsy_at_yahoo.com> wrote: Hi all,
I need to update a column (brch_name) to be without (NO PHONE #S) string. So 3954 will be Denver, 3955 will be Golden, and 3963 will be LOVELAND 29TH, etc. How to write this update statement??? Thank you!

1* select brch_id, brch_name from cli_branches where upper(brch_name) like '%PHONE%'
SQL> / BRCH_ID BRCH_NAME

---------- ------------------------------

3954 DENVER (NO PHONE #S)
3955 GOLDEN (NO PHONE #S)

3956 ENGLEWOOD (NO PHONE #S)
3957 LITTLETON (NO PHONE #S)
3958 CHARLOTTE (NO PHONE #S)

3959 S LEMAY (NO PHONE #S)
3960 HARMONY ROAD (NO PHONE #S)
3961 ENGLEWOOD (NO PHONE #S)
3962 LOVELAND (NO PHONE #S)
3963 LOVELAND 29TH (NO PHONE #S)
3964 DENVER (NO PHONE #S)

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