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want to update any character of a field [message #220624]

Wed, 21 February 2007 07:40

amit_vass2000
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Registered: December 2006
Location: Delhi

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Hello everybody,
in my table account_master, i have a column voucher_no whose values are like 'L00700141'.

Now i want to update the column voucher_no. i want to remove 'L' and in place of it i want to add 'U', so values look like 'U00700141'.
Plz tell me any sql query, so i can do this. Thanks in advance for ur support.

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Re: want to update any character of a field [message #220626 is a reply to message #220624]

Wed, 21 February 2007 07:48

vamsi kasina
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Registered: October 2003
Location: Cincinnati, OH

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Update the column with the following

'U' || substr(voucher_no,2)

If you know 'L' is occurring only once, then you can use

translate(voucher_no,'L','U')

Also you can have a look at this.

Thanks,
Vamsi

[Updated on: Wed, 21 February 2007 08:18]

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Re: want to update any character of a field [message #220634 is a reply to message #220624]

Wed, 21 February 2007 08:10

amit_vass2000
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Registered: December 2006
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Thanks sir,

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