RE: SQL Question

From: Deshpande, Kirti <kirti.deshpande_at_verizon.com>
Date: Wed, 29 May 2002 12:50:15 -0800
Message-ID: <F001.0046EBE4.20020529125015@fatcity.com>

Stephane,
 Thanks.
 Nice idea :)
 I will pass on this idea to them... Hope it flies..

 Looks like either a function or a view around the 'ugly' code is the only choice.

• Kirti

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Kirti,

   I had a vague remembrance of something which might have been helpful in dbms_utility but the closer you get to is a comma_to_table() procedure. Even without your reluctance to REPLACE(), you would be lucky if your data could bear this kind of transformation.   Well, its a bit like sweeping dirt under the carpet, but I think that a function

                 getfield(string in varchar2, pos in number, separator
in char)
                 return varchar2;

 full of substr and instr should make the upper level query more legible ...  

Regards,

Stephane Faroult
Oriole Software
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