try translate(): select translate('Mary Margaret Smith',' ','_'); translate --------------------- Mary_Margaret_Smith Cheers, Steve On Wednesday 29 January 2003 9:09 pm, ryanne cruz wrote: > hi list! > > i have a column wherein a lot of entries has 2 or more names int it. these > are separated by spaces. an example is: "John Doe", "Mary Margaret Smith". > i need to replace the spaces with an underscore. any idea how to do this? > > thanks! > > ryanne > > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 6: Have you searched our list archives? > > http://archives.postgresql.org