He asked about the tool to replace characters and do string manipulation before insert. Well, perl is the best thing around for string manipulation, thus my reply. -- Mladen Gogala Oracle DBA email:mladeng@xxxxxxxxx Ext: 9787 > -----Original Message----- > From: Jared.Still@xxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:Jared.Still@xxxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Thursday, August 19, 2004 4:40 PM > To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: RE: Modify data from select before insert. > > > Ha! That will be the answer to a bonus question at a certain > Perl session > at DBF in October. ;) ---------------------------------------------------------------- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe send email to: oracle-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put 'unsubscribe' in the subject line. -- Archives are at //www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/ FAQ is at //www.freelists.org/help/fom-serve/cache/1.html -----------------------------------------------------------------