Thanks so much. Exactly what I need. Larry Haas
On Tue, Aug 31, 2021 at 9:28 PM Bruce Chitiea <[email protected]> wrote: > Search the Help feature for the ‘SRPL’ function: (SRPL(columnName,’Ln‘, > ‘Lane’,1)) > > Note, the “1” forces a whole-word search so that ‘Kiln House’ remains > untouched. > > Whole command: > > UPDATE tableName + > SET columnName = + > (SRPL(columnName,’Ln’,’Lane’,1)) > > Cheers, > Bruce > > On Aug 31, 2021, 19:46 -0700, Larry Haas <[email protected]>, wrote: > > Good evening everyone: > > I am new to RBASE and was looking at the string manipulation functions and > couldn't find one that would work for me. > > I would like to change a database field similar to using the find and > replace function in Excel. > In my street name field I have ("Black Gold Ln", "Mirage Ln", etc.). I > would like to mass blast this field by changing all of my "Ln"s to "Lane". > > Would someone know how I could accomplish that? > > Thanks, > Larry Haas > > -- > For group guidelines, visit > http://www.rbase.com/support/usersgroup_guidelines.php > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBASE-L" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbase-l/CAB3VSUWEkyyD9D4uBj8FPHbSh3JtyZNJ1XmMx%2BVcL7mceEFA2g%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbase-l/CAB3VSUWEkyyD9D4uBj8FPHbSh3JtyZNJ1XmMx%2BVcL7mceEFA2g%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > -- > For group guidelines, visit > http://www.rbase.com/support/usersgroup_guidelines.php > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBASE-L" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbase-l/98fbf6f3-53a6-410d-a92c-e3a603e78472%40Spark > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbase-l/98fbf6f3-53a6-410d-a92c-e3a603e78472%40Spark?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- For group guidelines, visit http://www.rbase.com/support/usersgroup_guidelines.php --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBASE-L" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbase-l/CAB3VSUV0eRC11Qeb_pGoKVXFOC5eNmmvzWfUH7DgoaH_1TpecQ%40mail.gmail.com.
