Then a simple substring will do: UPDATE mytable SET url = SUBSTRING( url FROM 5 ) btw your date column looks pretty awful. HTH Ignatius _________________________ ----- Original Message ----- From: <Tristan.Pretty@risk.sungard.com> To: "Ignatius Reilly" <ignatius.reilly@free.fr> Cc: <php-db@lists.php.net> Sent: Thursday, August 28, 2003 12:06 PM Subject: Re: Simple field replace...? > Sorry, I'll specify... > I have one column, in a row of perhaps 4 fields. > I want to remove the first 32 characters from onlt one field > > EG: > My DB: > > name date url ip > bob 1/2/99 http:// 1.1.1.1. > sue 4/6/01 http:// 2.2.2.2 > > If I wanted to remove just the http bit and leave :// > I'd have to remove the first 4 characters from all the 'url' column. > this is what I wanna do, jsut 100+ times over. but the first 32 > characters. > > > > > > "Ignatius Reilly" <ignatius.reilly@free.fr> > 28/08/2003 11:04 > > > To: <php-db@lists.php.net>, <Tristan.Pretty@risk.sungard.com> > cc: > Subject: Re: Simple field replace...? > > > hundreds of what? rows or columns? > > Ignatius > _________________________ > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <Tristan.Pretty@risk.sungard.com> > To: <php-db@lists.php.net> > Sent: Thursday, August 28, 2003 11:35 AM > Subject: Simple field replace...? > > > > Hi there, > > I need to take a field in my database, and remove the first 32 > characters > > from each entry... > > There are 100's, and I know there's gotta be an easy way... > > I've looked up string replace, and it only appears to work one at a > > time... > > Can anyone tell me how to make it accross the whole table...? > > > > ********************************************************************* > > The information contained in this e-mail message is intended only for > > the personal and confidential use of the recipient(s) named above. > > If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient or an agent > > responsible for delivering it to the intended recipient, you are hereby > > notified that you have received this document in error and that any > > review, dissemination, distribution, or copying of this message is > > strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, > > please notify us immediately by e-mail, and delete the original message. > > *********************************************************************** > > > > > > > > > > ********************************************************************* > The information contained in this e-mail message is intended only for > the personal and confidential use of the recipient(s) named above. > If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient or an agent > responsible for delivering it to the intended recipient, you are hereby > notified that you have received this document in error and that any > review, dissemination, distribution, or copying of this message is > strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, > please notify us immediately by e-mail, and delete the original message. > *********************************************************************** > > -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
