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We’re excited to announce that the 2025 Community Recap is now available! This special recap highlights the amazing contributions and achievements of our members over the year and celebrates the collective success of our community.
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Thank you to everyone for your passion, collaboration, and support. Here’s to building an even stronger community together in the year ahead!
Season’s greetings to you and yours! As we head into the holidays (December 24 – January 4), we want to take a moment to celebrate the incredible strength and collaboration within our community. Even during the break, you can continue to benefit from connecting with peers, searching related threads, posting your questions, and marking helpful replies as “Accepted” in the Support Community.
Please note our dedicated team will be on reduced coverage during this time, and regular responsiveness will resume on January 5. Wishing you a joyful and restful holiday season!
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SQL Essentials: REGEXP_REPLACE Function Explained
Overview
REGEXP_REPLACE is a function in Saved Search Formulas that enables users to manipulate text using regular expressions, offering a powerful tool for data transformation and extraction. The function's basic purpose is to search and replace text within a string based on a specified pattern. However, the real flexibility comes with its optional parameters, allowing for more nuanced control over the replacement process.
In simpler terms, think of REGEXP_REPLACE as a sophisticated search and replace tool. It enables you to find specific patterns in your text data and replace them with something else, all in a single step. This function is a time-saver when dealing with large amounts of text data that require consistent formatting or when extracting critical information from unstructured text.
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