replace characters on condition in table and cell

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replace characters on condition in table and cell

midan1

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April 14, 2008 at 4:34 pm

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need help
replace characters on condition in table and cells
but only if
if i put number or 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 above the cell of the employee for example( employee id=222 name =bbbb day1)
i replace characters with '0' and '#'
and it must work dynamically AND replace ONLY THIS characters
table before the replace
id fname val day1 day11 day111 day2 day22 day222
------------------------------------------------------
111 aaaa 2 1 4
111 aaaa 1 A C
222 bbbb 2
222 bbbb 1
333 cccc 2
333 cccc 1
444 dddd 2
444 dddd 1
555 eeee 2 2
555 eeee 1 B
table after the replace
id fname val day1 day11 day111 day2 day22 day222
------------------------------------------------------
111 aaaa 2 0 0
111 aaaa 1 # #
222 bbbb 2
222 bbbb 1
333 cccc 2
333 cccc 1
444 dddd 2
444 dddd 1
555 eeee 2 0
555 eeee 1 #
tnx FOR THE HELP

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RyanRandall SSChampion Points: 13623 More actions · Answer 1

Also asked here: http://www.sqlteam.com/forums/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=100959

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Grant Fritchey SSC Guru Points: 398882 More actions · Answer 2

So you want to udpate data based on the name of a column? Is that right?

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steveb. SSC-Forever Points: 46733 More actions · Answer 3

you could try something like

UPDATE Employees

SET Day1= '0'

WHERE (isnumeric(Day1) =1)

UPDATE Employees

SET Day1= '#'

WHERE (isnumeric(Day1) <>1)

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but from the brief look at your table it looks like you have some flaws in your Db design, you could maybe improve it with better tables design and some normalisation.