Return-Path: Received: from ensim.rackshack.net (root@localhost) by orafaq.net (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id h2HHAm506281 for ; Mon, 17 Mar 2003 11:10:48 -0600 X-ClientAddr: 209.68.248.164 Received: from newsfeed.cts.com (newsfeed.cts.com [209.68.248.164]) by ensim.rackshack.net (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id h2HHAl606274 for ; Mon, 17 Mar 2003 11:10:47 -0600 Received: from fatcity.UUCP (uucp@localhost) by newsfeed.cts.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with UUCP id FAA83935; Mon, 17 Mar 2003 05:51:58 -0800 (PST) Received: by fatcity.com (26-Feb-2001/v1.0g-b72/bab) via UUCP id 0056B7D4; Mon, 17 Mar 2003 05:08:41 -0800 Message-ID: Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2003 05:08:41 -0800 To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L X-Comment: Oracle RDBMS Community Forum X-Sender: "Jamadagni, Rajendra" Sender: root@fatcity.com Reply-To: ORACLE-L@fatcity.com Errors-To: ML-ERRORS@fatcity.com From: "Jamadagni, Rajendra" Subject: RE: Comparing strings whilst ignoring some characters Organization: Fat City Network Services, San Diego, California X-ListServer: v1.0g, build 72; ListGuru (c) 1996-2001 Bruce A. Bergman Precedence: bulk Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="----=_NextPartTM-000-c47c8ed0-39ee-484b-a7d5-f4d21205378f" ------=_NextPartTM-000-c47c8ed0-39ee-484b-a7d5-f4d21205378f Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----_=_NextPart_001_01C2EC86.7711E730" ------_=_NextPart_001_01C2EC86.7711E730 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Mark, you should look at replace() function ... not translate ... Raj ------------------------------------------------------------- Rajendra dot Jamadagni at espn dot com Any views expressed here are strictly personal. QOTD: Any clod can have facts, having an opinion is an art !! -----Original Message----- Sent: Monday, March 17, 2003 12:40 AM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Hi Everyone, I have a common problem and whilst I can remember solving it in the past I'm drawing a mental blank this time... I need to look for duplicates in a varchar2 field in a table. However I should ignore case, whitespace and non-alphanumeric characters. Obviously upper, rtrim and ltrim get me a long way to the solution, but... What is the easiest way to remove inline space, so that "the cat" equals "thecat". I thought I used the translate function, but a quick inspection didn't reveal how. Thanks in advance, Mark. ------_=_NextPart_001_01C2EC86.7711E730 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" RE: Comparing strings whilst ignoring some characters

Mark,

you should look at replace() function ... not translate ...

Raj
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Rajendra dot Jamadagni at espn dot com
Any views expressed here are strictly personal.
QOTD: Any clod can have facts, having an opinion is an art !!


-----Original Message-----
From: Mark Richard [mailto:mrichard@transurban.com.au]
Sent: Monday, March 17, 2003 12:40 AM
To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
Subject: Comparing strings whilst ignoring some characters


Hi Everyone,

I have a common problem and whilst I can remember solving it in the past
I'm drawing a mental blank this time...

I need to look for duplicates in a varchar2 field in a table.  However I
should ignore case, whitespace and non-alphanumeric characters.  Obviously
upper, rtrim and ltrim get me a long way to the solution, but...  What is
the easiest way to remove inline space, so that "the cat" equals "thecat".
I thought I used the translate function, but a quick inspection didn't
reveal how.

Thanks in advance,
          Mark.

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