Update numbers in a field

• Mattias Verdin

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  January 26, 2005 at 5:56 am

  #60688

  Hello

  I need to update a field(column) with an id that looks like this: 1-FIT2

  so that it doesn't contain any numbers.

  1 should be updated to !

  2 should be updated to " and so on

  How do I do this, using T-SQL..

  Please help

  Regards Mattias

   

   

• Johan Bijnens

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  January 26, 2005 at 6:12 am

  #539116

  update yourtable

  set yourcol = replace(replace(yourcol,'2','"'),'1','!')   --

  where yourcondition

  Check out "replace" in books online

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• Mattias Verdin

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  January 26, 2005 at 6:33 am

  #539119

  Thanks...

  Replace solved my problem....

  Regards Mattias