Matt Davis ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) writes:
> I have an MySQL table in which one of the fields is a list of different
> catergorys. I want to change that catergory name to some thing else however
> it appears in my table just over 900 times. Is there any way I can do some
> sort of glabal search and replace in My SQL?
(1) Normalize your database, and you won't have this problem again.
(2) UPDATE table SET field='new-value' WHERE field='old-value';
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