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Virtuoso Functions Guide

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chr
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lcase
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length
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make_string
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search_excerpt
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starts_with
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string_output
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string_to_file
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Transaction
Type Mapping
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VAD
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Functions Index

replace

This replaces every occurrence of the second argument in the first argument with the third argument.
string replace (in string varchar, in what varchar, in repl_with varchar);
Description

This replaces every occurrence of the second argument in the first argument with the third argument. The arguments can be narrow or wide strings.

Example:
SQL> select replace ('12345512345', '23', '-----');
  =   1-----4551-----45