Re: Finding and replacing text within records

On 17:09 Tue 17 Jan , Lynna Landstreet wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I'm wondering if there is a way in SQL to find and replace a specific string
> within various database records, the way you might across a text document.
> Not to replace the entire value of the fields in which the string is found,
> but just that specific string.

http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.1/static/functions-matching.html#FUNCTIONS-POSIX-REGEXP

[snip]

> So is there a way to search out all occurrences of, say,
> the string "testsite.mydomain.com" within a specific column and change
> it to "www.theirdomain.com" wherever it's found?

regexp_replace(field, 'testsite\.mydomain\.com', 'www\.theirdomain\.com' [,flags])

Regards,
Andy