On 6 May 2010 15:52, Nicholas I <[email protected]> wrote:
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> From: Nicholas I <[email protected]>
> Date: Wed, May 5, 2010 at 8:35 AM
> Subject: help
> To: [email protected]
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> Hi,
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> I have a table in which the data's are entered like,
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> Example:
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> One (1)
> Two (2)
> Three (3)
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> I want to extract the data which is only within the parentheses.
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> that is
> 1
> 2
> 3
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>
> Thank You
> Nicholas I
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Use a regular expression:
SELECT substring('this is a test(22)' from '\([0-9]+\)');
This would return 22.
Regards
Thom
