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esthera
Master Smack Fu Yak Hacker
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 Posted - 2011-07-01 : 02:58:36
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| I have data that because of a mistake one ' went in as manyhow can I do a update statement to replace all duplicate ''''' (single quotes) with one single quote. is there an easy update statement that I can do |
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webfred
Master Smack Fu Yak Hacker
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Posted - 2011-07-01 : 03:04:08
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Test this:update tableset column=select replace(replace(replace(column,'''','~#'''),'''~#',''),'~#','')where column like '%''''%'
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SwePeso
Patron Saint of Lost Yaks
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Posted - 2011-07-01 : 03:36:27
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WHILE EXISTS (SELECT * FROM dbo.Table WHERE Col1 LIKE '%' + CHAR(39) + CHAR(39) + '%') UPDATE dbo.Table1 SET Col1 = REPLACE(Col1, CHAR(39) + CHAR(39), CHAR(39))
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update sql with multiple '''