Any function available to parse delimiters in a column and give the fields
A poster asked for an Informix function to return the Nth delimited field of a string such as 12|A|B and to find a character's position. Tichman suggested unloading and using cut. Marco Greco asked which product (4GL, IDS, etc.) was meant, since answers differ. The poster replied he used dbaccess on IDS, probably 9.40 FC7. No solution was given.
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I have a string for eg: "12|A|B", and need a function that takes "|" as field delimeter and returns 2nd or say 3rd column. Is it possible to do this in informix. For Eg: If I ask for 2nd column I get "A". Also, is there a way to find a position of character in a string. For Eg: "ABCD" - C's position is 3.
One way would be to unload the table then use cut to get the fields you need. cat unloadfile | cut -d"|" -f 2,3 mohitanch...@gmail.com wrote: > I have a string for eg: "12|A|B", and need a function that takes "|" as > field delimeter and returns 2nd or say 3rd column. Is it possible to do > this in informix. For Eg: If I ask for 2nd column I get "A". > > Also, is there a way to find a position of character in a string. For > Eg: "ABCD" - C's position is 3.
mohitanchlia@gmail.com wrote: > I have a string for eg: "12|A|B", and need a function that takes "|" as > field delimeter and returns 2nd or say 3rd column. Is it possible to do > this in informix. For Eg: If I ask for 2nd column I get "A". > > Also, is there a way to find a position of character in a string. For > Eg: "ABCD" - C's position is 3. Your question needs some qualification: eg do you want to do that within - Informix 4gl? - Informix Dynamic Server? (I'll spare you the list of Informix products - but others may apply) You'll find you'll get different answers depending on what product you are referring to, and even what feature of the product -- Ciao, Marco ______________________________________________________________________________ Marco Greco /UK /IBM Standard disclaimers apply! Structured Query Scripting Language http://www.4glworks.com/sqsl.htm 4glworks http://www.4glworks.com Informix on Linux http://www.4glworks.com/ifmxlinux.htm
Marco Greco wrote:
> mohitanchlia@gmail.com wrote:
> > I have a string for eg: "12|A|B", and need a function that takes "|" as
> > field delimeter and returns 2nd or say 3rd column. Is it possible to do
> > this in informix. For Eg: If I ask for 2nd column I get "A".
> >
> > Also, is there a way to find a position of character in a string. For
> > Eg: "ABCD" - C's position is 3.
>
> Your question needs some qualification: eg do you want to do that within
> - Informix 4gl?
> - Informix Dynamic Server?
> (I'll spare you the list of Informix products - but others may apply)
>
> You'll find you'll get different answers depending on what product you are
> referring to, and even what feature of the product
> --
> Ciao,
> Marco
> ______________________________________________________________________________
> Marco Greco /UK /IBM Standard disclaimers apply!
>
> Structured Query Scripting Language http://www.4glworks.com/sqsl.htm
> 4glworks http://www.4glworks.com
> Informix on Linux http://www.4glworks.com/ifmxlinux.htm
I am not really a pro in informix, what I can tell is that I invoke
dbaccess and type SQL in there to execute it. I think it's informix
dynamic server (IDS) because I could use MULTISET which is part of IDS.
Please let me know how do I find out if you need to know. I think
Informix version is 9 40 FC7 (if this makes sense).