Try using the REPLACE command. -----Original Message----- From: Adaikalavan Ramasamy To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 7/26/04 8:04 AM Subject: String substitution in MYSQL
I am looking for a string substitution command in MYSQL and was wondering if anyone can help me. Searching the archives was not fruitful. Here is an example : CREATE TABLE tbl (id INT(2), names VARCHAR(20)); INSERT INTO tbl VALUES (1, 'aaa'); INSERT INTO tbl VALUES (2, 'bbb; aaa; ccc'); SELECT * FROM tbl; +------+---------------+ | id | names | +------+---------------+ | 1 | aaa | | 2 | bbb; aaa; ccc | +------+---------------+ Now, suppose that I want to change all 'aaa' into 'zzz'. The following command works for id 1 but not id 2. UPDATE tbl SET names='zzz' WHERE names='aaa'; QUESTION : How do I change 'bbb; aaa; ccc' -> 'bbb; zzz; ccc' ? These do not work either : UPDATE tbl SET names='zzz' WHERE names like "%aaa%"; UPDATE tbl SET names="%zzz%" WHERE names like "%aaa%"; I could do this in Perl but prefer to do it in MYSQL for code brevity and speed. Thank you. Regards, -- 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]
