Re: How do I replace new line characters in Oracle 8

A copy of this was sent to Franco Finstad <ffinstad_at_globalsight.com> (if that email address didn't require changing) On Wed, 03 Nov 1999 00:16:33 GMT, you wrote:

>In a SELECT statement, how do I use the replace() function to replace
>new line characters in the record?

chr(10) = Line Feed
chr(13) = Carriage Return

select replace( some_string, chr(13)||chr(10), 'xy' ) from T;

don't know if you have have 13+10 (DOS EOL markers) or just 10's (Unix EOL markers), adjust appropriately....

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Opinions are mine and do not necessarily reflect those of Oracle Corporation Received on Wed Nov 03 1999 - 07:17:06 CST