REGEXP is a regular expression-compaible LIKE (also known a RLIKE). That is, it's for matching strings, not for modifying them. I don't believe there is any way to do a regular expression replace with MySQL, but I haven't gone looking in a while.
cheers, barneyb On 3/10/06, John Paul Ashenfelter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You want to look at the REGEXP operator built into MySQL. You should > be able to do what you wish. > > http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/regexp.html > -- Barney Boisvert [EMAIL PROTECTED] 360.319.6145 http://www.barneyb.com/ Got Gmail? I have 100 invites. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:235065 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54