Re: replacing all non [a-z] chars possible?

I don't agree. Under this circumstances no picture search engine is gonna find this file. Thats why I am rewriting this module. Thanx anyway. Andy "Bvr" <listmail@xs4all.nl> schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:3C94A6D2.9030801@xs4all.nl... > > A good solution is to store the file under a random generated filename > and store that name, > together with the real name, to the database. > > bvr. > > andy wrote: > > >Hi there, > > > >I am wondering if it would be possible to replace all chars which are not > >inbetween [a-z] with a valid asccii coresponding to it. I have a db with a > >bunch of citynames and I would like to create valid filenames out of those. > >The prob is, that I do not know all special chars. For example there was > >one: ï which I did not know. So maybe there are a lot others similar like > >that. > > > >The point is, how could I create a valid filename out of those citynames > >which contains only the chars from a - z? I tryed erregrplc, but I do have > >to know the char for that. > > > >Thanx for any help, > > > >andy > > > > > > > > >