substr instr

From: Barbara Baker <barb.baker_at_gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 28 Jul 2009 12:36:39 -0600
Message-ID: <47a6f72b0907281136w547967e1i80eb2cd32b60f3cf_at_mail.gmail.com>

Does anyone want to take pity on me and help me with this substr/instr problem? I've wasted hours trying to come up with the "magic combination"

I have thousands of records that look like this:

select eventtext from pecom_event where eventtext like '%Start net%';

---

Start net counter : 182552, 179058
Start net counter : 201354, 197592
Start net counter : 203542, 201282
Start net counter : 205420, 201284
Start net counter : 7732, 6854
Start net counter : 9164, 6870
Start net counter : 26798, 24792
Start net counter : 26798, 24794

I need the number after the : but before the comma, for example, 26798 in the last record

I've gotten as far as getting anything past the : then I get stuck:

select

SUBSTR('Start net counter : 26798, 24794',
 INSTR('Start net counter : 26798, 24794', ':', 1, 1)+1,
 INSTR('Start net counter : 26798, 24794', ',', 1,1)-1)

from dual;

SUBSTR('START

---

 26798, 24794

I'd be grateful for any help. Data is currently in a 9.2.0.7 oracle database on linux.

Thanks!
Barb Baker
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http://www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l Received on Tue Jul 28 2009 - 13:36:39 CDT