Re: Remove numbers from string

On Monday 01 July 2002 14:09, Nils Höglund wrote:
> > You may have to
> > use an intermediate stage, first replacing all numbers by say '#', then
> > replacing '#' by ''.
>
> This is something I would like to avoid, since my string-fields may contain
> any characters.
>
> Any ideas?

SELECT TRANSLATE('abc123def432'
,'A0123456789','A') "replaced" FROM DUAL;

JP

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