zzapper wrote:

ONE1    ->  ONE0001
ABC23   -> ABC0023
FGH123 -> FGH0123

What Update Query should/could I have used?

Something like this perhaps?

UPDATE table_name SET propertyID = CONCAT(LEFT(propertyID, 3), LPAD(SUBSTRING(propertyID, 4), 4, '0'))
WHERE propertyID REGEXP '^[A-Z]{3}[0-9]{1,3}$';


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