I'm sure you're already aware of this, but the
substr/instr is not as complicated as it looks since
instr takes 4 parms, the 4th of which makes cycling
through fields 1=>8 easy.
hth
connor
- "Deshpande, Kirti" <kirti.deshpande_at_verizon.com>
wrote: > 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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