To replace only a single character, use REPLACE() in MySQL. Let us first create a table −
mysql> create table DemoTable -> ( -> Name varchar(20) -> ); Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.69 sec)
Insert some records in the table using insert command −
mysql> insert into DemoTable values('John Smitk'); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.09 sec) mysql> insert into DemoTable values('David Miller'); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.14 sec) mysql> insert into DemoTable values('Adam Smitk'); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.11 sec)
Display all records from the table using select statement −
mysql> select *from DemoTable;
This will produce the following output −
+--------------+ | Name | +--------------+ | John Smitk | | David Miller | | Adam Smitk | +--------------+ 3 rows in set (0.00 sec)
Here is the query to replace a character −
mysql> update DemoTable -> set Name=replace(Name,'k','h'); Query OK, 2 rows affected (0.13 sec) Rows matched: 3 Changed: 2 Warnings: 0
Let us check the table records once again −
mysql> select *from DemoTable;
This will produce the following output −
+--------------+ | Name | +--------------+ | John Smith | | David Miller | | Adam Smith | +--------------+ 3 rows in set (0.00 sec)