Comments on: GNU basename in PL/SQL

By: GNU basename in PL/SQL « die Seilerwerks

GNU basename in PL/SQL « die Seilerwerks — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 04:20:43 +0000

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By: Don Seiler

Don Seiler — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 15:33:03 +0000

@ebrian, thanks for the tip!

By: Don Seiler

Don Seiler — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 15:28:13 +0000

That should return "blah." (with the period at the end). It works for me:

SQL> select basename('/usr/bin/blah.dbf','dbf') from dual;

BASENAME('/USR/BIN/BLAH.DBF','DBF')
-----------------------------------
blah.

This is precisely how GNU basename works.

By: ebrian

ebrian — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 15:19:59 +0000

10g+ option

SQL> select  filename
  2     , regexp_substr(filename, '[^/]*$') "just_filename"
  3  from t1;

FILENAME                       just_filename
------------------------------ ---------------
/lvl1/lvl2/lvl3/filename.txt   filename.txt   
/lvl1/lvl2/filename2.txt       filename2.txt  
filename3.txt                  filename3.txt

By: Colin 't Hart

Colin 't Hart — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 11:44:14 +0000

What should this do:

SELECT basename(‘/user/bin/blah.dbf’, ‘dbx’) FROM dual;