Re: funky characters in columns

2007-10-01 Thread Baron Schwartz
Hi Jay, Try this: http://www.xaprb.com/blog/2006/04/14/bad-character-data-in-mysql/ Baron Jay Blanchard wrote: I did some googleing and some other searching, now I am looking for a cure all. I have a column into which it appears that a carriage return has been inserted and it is mucking

Re: funky characters in columns

2007-10-01 Thread Gary Josack
Try: replace(replace(dealerLong, '\n', ''), '\r', '') Jay Blanchard wrote: I did some googleing and some other searching, now I am looking for a cure all. I have a column into which it appears that a carriage return has been inserted and it is mucking about with some queries; mysql select

RE: funky characters in columns

2007-10-01 Thread Jay Blanchard
[snip] Try: replace(replace(dealerLong, '\n', ''), '\r', '') [/snip] Didn't work, perhaps because they are hidden. I ended up taking the long road; update table set foo = replace(HEX(foo), '0D', ''); update table set foo = UNHEX(foo); HEX allowed me to see the carriage return (0D) and then use