How to remove unwanted non-alphanumeric characters from an input string

my-regexp-test-table.sql

-- my-regexp-workshop (Oracle database table)
-- This is how to make the supporing schema tables.  The autosequenced column value/trigger combination is optional.

 CREATE SEQUENCE   "MY_REGEXP_WORKSHOP_SEQ"  MINVALUE 1 MAXVALUE 9999999999999999999999999999 INCREMENT BY 1 START WITH 21 CACHE 20 NOORDER  NOCYCLE
/

CREATE TABLE  "MY_REGEXP_WORKSHOP" 
   (	"RECORD_ID" NUMBER NOT NULL ENABLE, 
	"CUSTOMER_NAME" VARCHAR2(50), 
	"INPUT_VALUE" VARCHAR2(50), 
	 CONSTRAINT "MY_REGEXP_WORKSHOP_PK" PRIMARY KEY ("RECORD_ID")
  USING INDEX  ENABLE
   )
/


CREATE OR REPLACE TRIGGER  "BI_MY_REGEXP_WORKSHOP" 
  before insert on "MY_REGEXP_WORKSHOP"               
  for each row  
begin   
  if :NEW."RECORD_ID" is null then 
    select "MY_REGEXP_WORKSHOP_SEQ".nextval into :NEW."RECORD_ID" from sys.dual; 
  end if; 
end; 

/
ALTER TRIGGER  "BI_MY_REGEXP_WORKSHOP" ENABLE
/

regexp-workshop-sample-data.csv

-- Some sample test data intended to test out the regexp functionality.

"RECORD_ID","CUSTOMER_NAME","INPUT_VALUE"
"1","HA=?<>::RRI**+S",""
"2","GO(RDON)",""
"3","<SAMUEL>",""
"5","M%OR?RIS^^",""
"6","[Q]&UIX-OT//E@",""
"7","SA$B,RINA!!!",""
"4","A#SHTON*&^%$",""

remove-str.sql

-- remove-str: using Oracle PL/SQL Regular Expressions
-- This used to be hard with older versions of Oracle RDBMS.  Now REGEXP recipes seem to simplify it all.


-- model implementation borrowed from the following source:
-- https://community.oracle.com/message/2231311#2231311

select regexp_replace('This is a test $%&^*&*'||chr(10)||'*"ú%bsfd.', '( *[[:punct:]])', '') from dual

-- applying the concept to a full table: MY_REGEXP_WORKSHOP:

select record_id, customer_name, 
   regexp_replace(customer_name, '( *[[:punct:]])', '') as converted_string
from my_regexp_workshop
order by record_id asc;

Data-Scrubbing Text Inputs with Oracle: ORACLE-11g (and later)

remove-str Used to be the name of the custom function I developed to strip off unwanted symbols, or non-alphanumeric characters from data values processed through SQL or PL/SQL driven processes.

Using Oracle PL/SQL Regular Expressions

This used to be hard with older versions of the Oracle RDBMS. Now REGEXP recipes seem to simplify it all. Oracle official references on the REGEXP function reveal lots of great Oracle Derived and more standard POSIX Flavored regular expression recipes. Find or build the ones that work the best for you and share!