Replace Function; Example Of Replace - HP Neoview SQL Reference Manual

REPLACE Function

The REPLACE function returns a character string where all occurrences of a specified character
string in the original string are replaced with another character string. All three character value
expressions must be comparable types and must use the same character set. The return value is
the VARCHAR type.
REPLACE is a Neoview SQL extension.
REPLACE (char-expr-1, char-expr-2, char-expr-3)
char-expr-1, char-expr-2, char-expr-3
are SQL character value expressions. The operands are the result of evaluating the character
expressions. All occurrences of char-expr-2 in char-expr-1 are replaced by
char-expr-3. See

Example of REPLACE

• Use the REPLACE function to change job descriptions so that occurrences of the company
name are updated:
SELECT jobdesc FROM persnl.job;
Job Description
------------------
MANAGER COMNET
PRODUCTION
ASSEMBLER COMNET
SALESREP COMNET
SYSTEM ANAL COMNET
...
--- 10 row(s) selected.
UPDATE persnl.job
SET jobdesc = REPLACE (jobdesc, 'COMNET', 'TDMNET');
Job Description
------------------
MANAGER TDMNET
PRODUCTION
ASSEMBLER TDMNET
SALESREP TDMNET
SYSTEM ANAL TDMNET
...
--- 10 row(s) selected.
448 SQL Functions and Expressions
"Character Value Expressions" (page
COMNET
TDMNET
255).