Need help with what should be a simple SQL query

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Need help with what should be a simple SQL query

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etaine
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2 Posts

Posted - 2010-05-04 : 13:32:59

I run a forum and I have added a bbcode mp3 tag that when wrapped around a post will embed the mp3 player directly into the post. This is not an issue and works as expected.

What I would like to do is find a way to do this to posts that have already been created.

Is there a way to do a sort of find/replace or add across the table?

basically I want to find all statements such as http://%%%%%%%%%%.mp3 and append [mp3] [/mp3] to the beginning and end.

Any help with this would be appreciated.

visakh16
Very Important crosS Applying yaK Herder

52326 Posts

Posted - 2010-05-04 : 13:36:35

[code]UPDATE Table
SET field= '[mp3]' + field + '[/mp3]'
WHERE field LIKE 'http://%.mp3'
[/code]

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webfred
Master Smack Fu Yak Hacker

8781 Posts

Posted - 2010-05-04 : 13:39:54

update table
set column=replace(replace(column,'http://','[mp3]http://'),'.mp3','.mp3[/mp3]')
where column like 'http://%.mp3'

No, you're never too old to Yak'n'Roll if you're too young to die.

webfred
Master Smack Fu Yak Hacker

8781 Posts

Posted - 2010-05-04 : 13:40:55

Too late...
And visakh's solution looks better

No, you're never too old to Yak'n'Roll if you're too young to die.

visakh16
Very Important crosS Applying yaK Herder

52326 Posts

Posted - 2010-05-04 : 13:45:38

Thanks

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etaine
Starting Member

2 Posts

Posted - 2010-05-04 : 13:54:33

Thanks a lot guys. I knew is was easy, heck I knew I'd done it before but its just been a while.

visakh16
Very Important crosS Applying yaK Herder

52326 Posts

Posted - 2010-05-04 : 13:57:49

welcome

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