find and get rid of a character (,)

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macsterling
Yak Posting Veteran

56 Posts

Posted - 2009-01-23 : 19:48:51

How do I find a comma and get rid of it when it is somewhere in a column (it follows a name)

tkizer
Almighty SQL Goddess

38200 Posts

Posted - 2009-01-24 : 00:46:05

You can use the REPLACE function.

UPDATE Table1
SET Column1 = REPLACE(Column1, ',', '')

Or perhaps just to query the data:

SELECT REPLACE(Column1, ',', '') AS Column1
FROM Table1

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visakh16
Very Important crosS Applying yaK Herder

52326 Posts

Posted - 2009-01-24 : 10:53:02

isnt this same as

http://www.sqlteam.com/forums/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=118507

SwePeso
Patron Saint of Lost Yaks

30421 Posts

Posted - 2009-01-24 : 11:20:48

And why post in the Script Library at all?

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