You have to search for 'string functions' to find it. Problem is that a search for REPLACE will bring up the REPLACE syntax, not the REPLACE() syntax (not the brackets ;-) ) Regards, Mike Hillyer www.vbmysql.com
> -----Original Message----- > From: Dean Householder [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, July 21, 2003 3:39 PM > To: Mike Hillyer; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Regular expresion replace possibility? > > > Worked like a charm! I couldn't find anything about this in > MySQL docs > though... Neither before I knew what to search for nor after. > What's up > with that? > > Dean > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mike Hillyer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Dean Householder" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Monday, July 21, 2003 1:53 PM > Subject: RE: Regular expresion replace possibility? > > > UPDATE mytable SET mytext = REPLACE(mytext,'"',''); > > Assuming you wised to strip a double quote, modify to suit. > > Regards, > Mike Hillyer > www.vbmysql.com > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Dean Householder [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Monday, July 21, 2003 2:49 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Regular expresion replace possibility? > > > > > > Is it possible to run a query that will just alter text > > possibly using a regular expression? I have about 250 rows > > that I want to strip quotes out of. Does anyone know of an > > easy way to do this? > > > > Dean > > > > -- > MySQL General Mailing List > For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql > To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
