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Adolf Mergulhao
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I got a varchar2(700) field that contains for example Phone Number :- 0968387262. This can be in any position within the field. What I am trying to do is look for the string Phone Number within the field and then pick the number 0968387262. Does any one have any idea on how to do this.


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Posts: 74 | Location: London | Registered: January 28, 2005Report This Post
Anatess
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Hi Adolf,

If the string "Phone Number:-" will always precede the phone number, then you can try using STRTOKEN function using 'Phone Number:-' as the delimeter.

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Anatess


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Posts: 333 | Location: Orlando, FL | Registered: October 17, 2006Report This Post
Leah
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Or you can use posit and substrg, some old mainfame code as an example. Of course assumes everything remains same length within the text field.

MCTR/I2 = IF AM128 CONTAINS 'MAJ=' THEN POSIT(AM128,60,'MAJ=',4,'I2')
MCTR/I2 = MCTR + 4;
MCTR2/I2 = MCTR + 4;
IF AM128 CONTAINS 'MAJ=' THEN SUBSTR(60,AM128,MCTR,MCTR2,4,MAJ);


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