Re: replace " with nothing

Ok, I think I found it:

select translate(firstname,'"','') from members;

gives me what I want.

Thanks.

On Wed, 2011-05-11 at 16:29 -0400, Tony Capobianco wrote:
> We are converting from Oracle to Postgres.  An Oracle script contains
> this line:
> 
>  select replace(firstname,'"'), memberid, emailaddress from members;
> 
> in an effort to replace the " with nothing.  How can I achieve the same
> result with Postgres?
> 
> Here's the Postgres error I get:
> 
> select replace(firstname,'"'), memberid, emailaddress from members;
> ERROR:  function replace(character varying, unknown) does not exist
> LINE 1: select replace(firstname,'"'), memberid, emailaddress from m...
> 
> Thanks.
> 
>