| how to display the initials ? [message #373518] |
Fri, 20 April 2001 09:13  |
nelson
Messages: 30
Registered: February 2000
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hi all
i need to know the query for the following.
if my table A have column name with the folllowing details
name
J. Soundar Prakash
S. J.Karthik
J.A.John Nelson
i want a query
to display like
JSP
SJK
JAJN
...
help me
nelson
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| Re: how to display the initials ? [message #373519 is a reply to message #373518] |
Fri, 20 April 2001 11:00  |
Bala
Messages: 205
Registered: November 1999
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Senior Member |
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Hi,
select replace(replace(replace(translate('J. Soundar Prakash', 'abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz',
'xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx'), 'x', ''), '.', '' ), ' ' , '') from dual;
REP
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JSP
Bala.
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