RE: Using replace on columns containing *

2006-06-27 Thread Eitan Gur
ur [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, June 27, 2006 5:27 PM To: mysql@lists.mysql.com Subject: RE: Using replace on columns containing * Hi J.R. Thanks for your response, but this did not help. If I try the same syntax on other values (not '*') I have no problem... -Original Me

RE: Using replace on columns containing *

2006-06-27 Thread Eitan Gur
RE: Using replace on columns containing * Part of the problem is that you have a ' ' in between your REPLACE and your (). The REPLACE function needs to have that space removed. SELECT REPLACE(deviceID,'*','.*') FROM MY_TABLE; Try that and see if it helps. J.R. -Origi

RE: Using replace on columns containing *

2006-06-27 Thread J.R. Bullington
Part of the problem is that you have a ' ' in between your REPLACE and your (). The REPLACE function needs to have that space removed. SELECT REPLACE(deviceID,'*','.*') FROM MY_TABLE; Try that and see if it helps. J.R. -Original Message- From: Eitan Gur [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: