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There is nothing (that I know of) in informix that is just like the
translate function. The closest would the replace function which is more
equivalent to the regexp substitute. (s/this/that) To get the same effect
you would need to nest the replace doing something crazy like
trim(replace(replace(replace(replace(replace(replace(replace(replace(replace
(replace(col1,'0',' '),'1',' '),'2',' '),'3',' '),'4',' '),'5',' '),'6','
'),'7',' '),'8',' '),'9',' ')). If you are going to be doing this on a
result set of any real size you should probably write a procedure to take
care of this.
Informix is a great engine but it has always lagged on the features.
-----Original Message-----
From: Santosh Varma [mailto:santosh.verma_at_dhl.com]
Sent: Thursday, July 15, 2004 5:20 AM
To: oracle-l_at_freelists.org
Cc: Jan.Korecki_at_korecki.com; oracle-l_at_freelists.org;
oracle-l-bounce_at_freelists.org; rjamya_at_yahoo.com
Subject: Off-topic
Hi Guys,
Sorry for this off-topic query..
I wanted to know the equivalent of translate command of oracle in informix.
i mean to say -> how to achieve the following ?
trim(translate(col1, '0123456789', ' ')) in informix/c ?
Santosh
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