Re: substr instr

  • From: "Jaromir D.B. Nemec" <jaromir@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <barb.baker@xxxxxxxxx>, <oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 28 Jul 2009 21:45:16 +0200

Hello,

Start net counter : 26798, 24794

I need the number after the : but before the comma, for example, 26798
in the last record

if the prefix string is constant you may save one instr...

select substr(eventtext,1,instr(eventtext,',')-1) from (
select replace(eventtext,'Start net counter : ',null) eventtext from your_table
where eventtext like 'Start net counter : %'
)

regards,

Jaromir


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