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 -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l