From: Shashank Agarwal <shashank_hi@...>
Date: 2008-08-13T10:43:43+09:00
Subject: Re: String manipulation: cut, insert, column editing...

Toki Toki wrote:
> Let say I have to write INSERT query like this:
> 
> This is the first (1属) item.
> This is the second (2属) item.
> This is the third (3属) item.
> ...
> 

I don't think this would be the best solution, but you could map 1 => 
"first"... and then use regex to identify the number and get its mapped 
value. Problem is that it runs one way and limited.
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