Preamble
The Oracle/PLSQL TRANSLATE function replaces the sequence of characters in a string with another character set. However, it replaces one character at a time.
For example, it replaces the first character in string_to_replace with the first character in replacement_string. Then the second character in string_to_replace with the second character in replacement_string will be replaced, and so on.
Oracle/PLSQL TRANSLATE function syntax
TRANSLATE( string1_id, string_to_replace_id, replacement_string_id )
Parameters and function arguments
- string1_id – a string to replace a sequence of characters with another character set.
- string_to_replace_id – string that will be searched in string1.
- replacement_string_id – all characters in string_to_replace will be replaced by the corresponding characters in replacement_string.
The TRANSLATE function returns a string value.
The TRANSLATE function can be used in the following Oracle/PLSQL versions
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Oracle 12c, Oracle 11g, Oracle 10g, Oracle 9i, Oracle 8i
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Let’s consider some examples of the TRANSLATE function and learn how to use the TRANSLATE function in Oracle/PLSQL.
SQL> SELECT TRANSLATE('1tech23', '123', '456') FROM DUAL;
--Result: 4tech56.
SQL> SELECT TRANSLATE('222tech', '2ec', '3it') FROM DUAL;
--Result: 333tith
Difference between Replace and Translate function in oracle
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