Check newline character in a text column
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Posted 2/5/2008 3:47:05 PM
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Guys,

can any one let me know how to check the newline character in a given varchar/char field in teradata?

ex:

i have a text column in a teradata table which can hold 10 characters. I need to check if there is any newline() exists in that field.

Thanks,

Sparan
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Posted 2/5/2008 9:04:57 PM
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SELECT * FROM MyTable
WHERE MyCharCol LIKE '%' || x'0A' || '%'
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Posted 2/6/2008 9:00:00 AM
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Thanks a lot! It works for me.

Can you tell me what is x'OA' is? Is it a hexadecimal value for new line character?

Thanks,
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Posted 2/6/2008 9:48:12 AM
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That's correct, it's the same as the ASCII value for newline in hex.
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Posted 2/6/2008 1:06:52 PM
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it would be great if you can send doc/link to get the equivalent HEX for all the invisible characters ( like \r,back space,tab ...etc).


Again thanks a lot for your help.

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Posted 2/6/2008 9:37:01 PM
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that's only a bit of googling away

here's one ......

http://www.asciitable.com/
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