Re: String Manipulation

  • From: Jason Heinrich <jheinrich@xxxxxxxx>
  • To: <shivaswamykr@xxxxxxxxx>, Oracle-L <oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 17 May 2007 12:46:56 -0500

Is this what you're looking for?

vString := 'instance.company.com';
vInstance := Substr(vString,1,instr(vString,'.')-1)


On 5/17/07 12:22 PM, Shivaswamy Raghunath wrote:

> Hello.
> 
> I need to get "instance" from ('instance.company.com') on SQLPLUS. How I can
> do this? 
> 
> I tried to use REGEXP_SUBSTR function, but could not make much headway. Please
> note that, the LENGTH(instance) may vary.
> 
> So I guess, give me before first occurence of period(.) in the string is what
> I should ask to get.
> 
> TIA,
> Shiva


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Jason Heinrich
Oracle Database Administrator
Pensacola Christian College

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