Gleb, Thanks; using REPLACE(), as I understand it, would require me to list ALL non-alpha characters, and assuming just ASCII characters, approx (127 - 52) nested calls to REPLACE()...
select REPLACE( ...REPLACE( REPLACE( REPLACE( text,'~',''), '!',''), '@','') ...) > -----Original Message----- > From: Gleb Paharenko [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ... > You should think about using REPLACE function. See: > http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/string-functions.html > Fan, Wellington wrote: > > Hello List-people , > > > > I am looking to remove all non-alphanumeric characters from > a column: -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]