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cyberpd
Yak Posting Veteran
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 Posted - 2009-10-16 : 08:14:50
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| I have a table names test.The field name is T1 (varchar(50)).The values are as follows: - NS000090:DEV91943:ST001:CT001NS000090:DEV91943NS000090:DEV91944:ST001:CT001NS000090:DEV91944NS000090:DEV91945:ST001:CT001etc...I want to update the field T1 where only the "NS000090" part will change to "NS000089" , rest of it will be same.something like this:-NS000089:DEV91943:ST001:CT001NS000089:DEV91943NS000089:DEV91944:ST001:CT001NS000089:DEV91944NS000089:DEV91945:ST001:CT001 |
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webfred
Master Smack Fu Yak Hacker
8781 Posts |
Posted - 2009-10-16 : 08:34:11
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replace(T1,'NS000090:','NS000089:')
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cyberpd
Yak Posting Veteran
60 Posts |
Posted - 2009-10-16 : 09:10:01
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| Thanks so much for the reply.I did not recollect Replace()I solved it like the following:-SET T1 = 'NS000089' + SUBSTRING(T1, 9, LEN(T1))Thanks again |
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webfred
Master Smack Fu Yak Hacker
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Posted - 2009-10-16 : 09:20:34
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Ok that's possible too but only if new and old value have same length.Cheers!
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