Hi Peter,

on Sat, 01 Mar 2008 00:27:56 -0000, you wrote:

>So as I see there are no string functions of any sort, and one should
>use tricks instead.

No 'tricks'. Applying stored procedures in order to compensate the
lack of built-in functions isn't objectionable at all. That's what
they are designed for.

> Getting the substring position is now clear, I'll
>have to figure out how to get a substring.

See http://www.danner-net.de/fb.htm for another implementation of
string procedures.

Kind regards

Christian