Re: proper regex_replace() syntax - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Rick Genter
Subject Re: proper regex_replace() syntax
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Msg-id BANLkTi=JpyRDprQWcEj+Lmu=fR9_Car43Q@mail.gmail.com
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In response to proper regex_replace() syntax  (Geoffrey Myers <lists@serioustechnology.com>)
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On Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 10:22 AM, Geoffrey Myers <lists@serioustechnology.com> wrote:
I want to use regex_replace() to replace characters in multiple records.

What I would like to do is this:

select regex_replace((select fname from table), 'z', 'Z'));


The problem is, the subquery returns more then one row.

So, is there a way to do what I'm trying to do?  That is, replace the same character in multiple records using regex_replace() ?

I think what you want is:

SELECT regex_replace(fname, 'z', 'Z') FROM table;

This should return a recordset where each row has one column which is the result of regex_replace() on the corresponding row of table.
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Rick Genter
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