Posted by bubbles on 04/26/07 02:05

On Apr 25, 5:58 am, Erland Sommarskog <esq...@sommarskog.se> wrote:
> Brian (b.hough...@eaglecrusher.com) writes:
> > How can I change a character in a string of text. I have a bunch number
> > that have a lower case l in them and I need to make them an uppercase L.
> > Example; 99l5555 needs to be 99L5555.
>
> UPDATE tbl
> SET col = replace(col, 'l', 'L')
>
> Or if there other lowercase as well that should be uppercase:
>
> UPDATE tbl SET col = upper(col)
>
> --
> Erland Sommarskog, SQL Server MVP, esq...@sommarskog.se
>
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I've also been able to replace several characters in a string by
nesting the function.
For example, to replace any ":", "-", " " to "_", I'll nest the
function like this:

REPLACE(REPLACE(REPLACE(col,':','_'),'-','_'),' ', '_')

Bubbles

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