On Fri, Nov 14, 2008 at 12:17 PM, paulo matadr <saddoness@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > I Need to replace string (" ) in the situation below : > > select clie_nmcliente from cadastro.cliente where clie_nmcliente like > '%"%'; > > result: > JOANA D"ARCALMEIDA" > EMLURB "P M R." > CECILIA D"CAGNO" > HELENA FERREIRA D"FREITAS" > JOSE M. "BARRACA DO BOLA" > FORTE" DUNAS BAR" > JOANA D"ARC R. DE SOUZA > ASSEMBLEIA DE DEUS" > USINA SALGADO"SUPRIMENTO > JOSE MOURA 'BIGODE" > BEATRIZ MEDEIROS D"EMERY > Any help me to create pgPL/sql or funcion to replace ( " ) to null value, > I have many table with this. > Thanks for help > hi, with the regexp_replace function can replace a character by another, for example: SELECT clie_nmcliente, regexp_replace(clie_nmcliente,'"','*','g') FROM cadastro.cliente WHERE clie_nmcliente like '%"%'; this function could solve your problem, only have to change the name of each table ... CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION replace_char(oldcharacter character varying, newcharacter character varying) RETURNS void AS $BODY$ DECLARE rowtable RECORD; BEGIN FOR rowtable IN SELECT * FROM cadastro.cliente LOOP UPDATE cadastro.cliente set clie_nmcliente = regexp_replace(clie_nmcliente,oldcharacter,newcharacter,'g'); END LOOP; END; $BODY$ LANGUAGE 'plpgsql'; I run this query to change the text " by * : SELECT replace_char( '"' , '*' ); should read the documentation: http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/interactive/functions-matching.html#FUNCTIONS-POSIX-REGEXP Saludos y abrazos... Marco Antonio Frias Butrón marcofrias@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Slackware ~ Linux User #356229 -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general