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nikl
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Germany
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Posted - 01/09/2013 :  11:03:06  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Hi!

I am trying to replace a couple of quotes with single quotes in my database. The values I am trying to replace are all in the form of "xyz", so the code I am trying to run looks as following:
UPDATE catalog SET description = replace(description,""xyz"","'xyz'");


However this will throw an error and I would therefore like to know how to batch replace every "xyz" with 'xyz'.

Thanks in advance!

nigelrivett
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United Kingdom
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Posted - 01/09/2013 :  11:19:39  Show Profile  Visit nigelrivett's Homepage  Reply with Quote
UPDATE catalog SET description = replace(description,'"xyz"','''xyz''');




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visakh16
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Posted - 01/09/2013 :  22:26:22  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
see

http://sqlblogcasts.com/blogs/madhivanan/archive/2008/02/19/understanding-single-quotes.aspx

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nikl
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Posted - 01/10/2013 :  04:55:19  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Thanks both of you!
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visakh16
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Posted - 01/10/2013 :  04:58:35  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
welcome

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