Thank you ! Works like a charm. Here is the successful syntax UPDATE tbl SET names = REPLACE(names, 'aaa', 'zzz');
I found this link to be quite useful http://www.jayallen.org/journey/2004/04/how_to_perform_a_mysql_search_and_replace Regards, Adai. On Mon, 2004-07-26 at 14:07, Victor Pendleton wrote: > 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]
