Das Schaf <me_at_domain.com> wrote in message news:<MPG.1819f76f3cf348db989680_at_news.compaq.com>...
> I am trying to strip non-alphanumeric characters from a string - I have
> come up with a solution using the TRANSLATE function e.g.
I think that this is a classic example for external function
especially using C language. You can't find quicker and in this
particular case easier solution than this one. Use tool for purpose
for which was designated, SQL is great for getting data, but leave
character operation to C.
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Received on Fri Oct 18 2002 - 10:02:28 CDT
