Brad Tilley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Is there a way to do regex search are replace on all entries in a mysql field?
> Or, a way to uppercase or lowercase all characters for all entries in a
> filed? Some of the fields are varchars with numbers and letters. In my
> particular case, I have a field of serial numbers some of which are all caps
> some of which are not. Also the vendor name may be DELL for one entry and
> dell on another. We're standardizing the input to avoid this mess in the
> future, but I'd like to clean up what's current present. All tips are
> appreciated.
>
Take a look at UPPER(), LOWER(), REPLACE() functions in MySQL. They may help you:
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/mysql/en/String_functions.html
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