On Jan 25, 2008 12:06 PM, Jared Still <jkstill@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > LOL! > > I have that function, and in fact I believe I wrote pretty much the same > thing about 10 years ago. > > Just forgot about it. > > IAC, I didn't try it, though I suspect it will be slower than the others. > > I'll try it for comparison. > > Updated. translate is still much faster . -- Jared Still Certifiable Oracle DBA and Part Time Perl Evangelist