RE: [PHP-DB] Separating value fields from one column to multiple column
| From: | John W. Holmes | Date: | Mon, 28 Apr 2003 06:09:59 +0000 |
| Subject: | RE: [PHP-DB] Separating value fields from one column to multiple column | ||
| References: | 1 | Groups: | php.db |
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> I have a big trouble maintaining fields in Oracle, My Case is :
> in one field 's_misc' it contains value with "()" separation:
> (Name)(Address)(Proffesion)
>
> Then i want to separate this value to another column to
>
> s_name
> s_address
> s_proffesion
$elements = explode(')(',substr($s_misc,1,-1));
That'll give you each of the values inside of the parenthesis in an
array. This is after you pull the value out of oracle, btw.
---John W. Holmes...
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