How do I remove numbers from the string?

I have strings coming from the DB like dept1, off42...abc543,...I want to remove the numbers from the string. I'd need only alpahbets like dept, off, abc.....How can I do that? Thanks.
[199 byte] By [skp71a] at [2007-10-3 3:18:58]
# 1
Regular expression.
paulcwa at 2007-7-14 21:10:50 > top of Java-index,Java Essentials,Java Programming...
# 2
String withDigitsRemoved = yourString.replaceAll("\\d","");
sabre150a at 2007-7-14 21:10:50 > top of Java-index,Java Essentials,Java Programming...