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From Ramesh T
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In response to Re: postgres function  ("David G. Johnston" <david.g.johnston@gmail.com>)
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 select position('-' in '123-987-123')
position
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4
But I want second occurrence,
position
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8

plz any help..?



On Thu, Oct 15, 2015 at 12:54 AM, David G. Johnston <david.g.johnston@gmail.com> wrote:
On Wed, Oct 14, 2015 at 9:38 AM, Ramesh T <rameshparnanditech@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi All,
          Do we have  function like  regexp_substr in postgres..?

in oracle this function seach the - from 1 to 2 and return result,
regexp_substr(PART_CATG_DESC,'[^-]+', 1, 2)

​Maybe one of the functions on this page will get you what you need.

http://www.postgresql.org/docs/devel/static/functions-string.html

David J.

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