Re: Removing terminal period from varchar string in table column
Thom Brown <thom@linux.com>
From: Thom Brown <thom@linux.com>
To: Rich Shepard <rshepard@appl-ecosys.com>
Cc: PGSQL Mailing List <pgsql-general@postgresql.org>
Date: 2025-07-15T18:19:18Z
Lists: pgsql-general
On Tue, 15 Jul 2025, 18:59 Rich Shepard, <rshepard@appl-ecosys.com> wrote: > On Tue, 15 Jul 2025, Thom Brown wrote: > > > There are various options, but perhaps just use rtrim. > > rtrim(company_name, '.') > > Thom, > > I looked at rtrim() but didn't see where to specify the table name. Would > it > be `select * from table companies rtrim(company_name, '.')'? > UPDATE companies SET company_name = rtrim(company_name, '.') WHERE company_name != rtrim(company_name, '.'); Thom >