Question

How to extract text from a string of text

Asked by: dark_cloud_1

Hi,

I am trying to create a workflow rule within Oracle CRM on Demand Release 16.
I am trying to read in a line of text from an activity, but i want to only read in a certain portion of the text i.e:
text = "FAM.536566.DRM"
Desired text ="536566"

I have tried using the LEFT/RIGHT function but this still leaves leading or trailing text.
is there a way to simply say, ignore the first 4 characters and then only read the next 6 characters?

I had a look at this post:
https://secure.experts-exchange.com/index.jsp?srid=/1LiKd5PVZJ%2Ba5a030BH/A%3D%3D&redirectURL=/Microsoft/Development/MS-SQL-Server/Q_22897414.html&rsid=20

But it seems to be only useful when you know the exact text you want to remove.

Any hints or pointers would be great, Thanks.

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Answers

 

by: usachrisk1983Posted on 2009-05-05 at 04:41:02ID: 24303520

What you're looking for is SUBSTR

select substr(fieldName,5,6) from tblName

will return the characters startring at position 5 and moving right 6 characters.

 

by: srihariramadasPosted on 2009-05-05 at 04:47:29ID: 24303573

That is correct, substring() will work provided the length of leading/trailing characters are fixed.

 

by: dark_cloud_1Posted on 2009-05-05 at 04:51:36ID: 24303603

Hi,

I tried the following:
substring([<Description>],22,21)

It returned an error stating that substring is invalid with 3 parameters.

 

by: sdstuberPosted on 2009-05-05 at 04:52:29ID: 24303609

yes, if you know the exact position of the substring that will work

if you don't but you know it's relative position, such as the string between two periods (just going by your example)

select REGEXP_REPLACE(text, '(.*\.)(.+)(\..*)', '\2') from your_table

 

by: dark_cloud_1Posted on 2009-05-05 at 04:58:50ID: 24303652

Hi,

Thanks for the replies so far, maybe i should go into a bit more detail.
I have setup the workflow to check for a certain activity that begins with "FAM"

Then i have setup an email notification.
within the email notification i was to say something along the lines of:
Message recieved, ID 536566

The ID number is taken from the whole message:  FAM.536566.DRM.

So, in the body of the email for the workflow i have:

Message received, ID %%%substring([<Description>]22,21)
THis returns an error message saying its invalid with 3 parameters.

Im using R16 of CRM on Demand.

Thanks,

 

by: DallasDAFPosted on 2009-05-26 at 14:28:47ID: 24477894

Is this one solved yet?

@dark cloud:
Do you select the ID (FAM.536566.DRM) from a table? Or do you extract it from someother text?

 

by: dark_cloud_1Posted on 2009-05-27 at 02:06:56ID: 24481002

Hi Dallas,

I just managed to find a solution this morning, i am selecting the text from the description of an activity within a hosted version of Siebel CRM on Demand.

Here is what i used to fix it:
Left([<Description>], 4) = "FAM."
Right(Left([<Description>], 11) ,6)

 

by: sdstuberPosted on 2009-05-27 at 04:32:14ID: 24481800

Right(Left([<Description>], 11) ,6)

should the 11 be 10?  seems like you'd pick up the trailing "."  and drop the leading 5

 

by: dark_cloud_1Posted on 2009-05-27 at 04:35:13ID: 24481824

Hi sdsstubber,

Correct!!
I had a longer string in my working model i used a shorter one here to describe the solution!

Thanks,

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