REGEXP_REPLACE (to replace empty strings)

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JKWA

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Apr 26, 2012, 2:02:30 AM4/26/12
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I'd like to use REGEXP_REPLACE to replace empty strings with "MISSING" but I'm not having much luck.  Any suggestions?

Joe

Siddartha Naidu

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Apr 26, 2012, 10:07:11 AM4/26/12
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Why not
  IF(LENGTH(field)=0, "MISSING", field)

JKWA

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Apr 26, 2012, 6:46:28 PM4/26/12
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Thanks Siddarth, that's just what I needed.

Joe


On Thursday, April 26, 2012 7:07:11 AM UTC-7, Siddarth wrote:

Why not
  IF(LENGTH(field)=0, "MISSING", field)

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