Re: [GENERAL] plsql question

[Bill Thoen]

On 2/10/2011 6:40 PM, Geoffrey Myers wrote:
I am trying to write a plsql routine that will delete a range of 
characters based on their octal or hexadecimal values.  Something like 
the 'tr' shell command will do:

cat file| tr -d ['\177'-'\377']

Can't seem to figure this one out.

Pointers would be appreciated.

Would the string functions to_hex(), translate(), replace() and friends 
work for you?
(see http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.0/static/functions-string.html)