mysql 替换 多个逗号,如何使用mySQL replace（）替换多个记录中的字符串？

We have a database that has a bunch of records with some bad data in one column, in which an embedded editor escaped some stuff that shouldn't have been escaped and it's breaking generated links.

I want to run a query to replace the bad characters in all the records, but can't figure out how to do it. I found the replace() function in MySQL, but how can I use it inside a query?

For example, what would be the correct syntax if I wanted to replace the string < with an actual less-than angle bracket (

解决方案

At a very generic level

UPDATE MyTable

SET StringColumn = REPLACE (StringColumn, 'SearchForThis', 'ReplaceWithThis')

WHERE SomeOtherColumn LIKE '%PATTERN%'

In your case you say these were escaped but since you don't specify how they were escaped, let's say they were escaped to GREATERTHAN

UPDATE MyTable

SET StringColumn = REPLACE (StringColumn, 'GREATERTHAN', '>')

WHERE articleItem LIKE '%GREATERTHAN%'

Since your query is actually going to be working inside the string, your WHERE clause doing its pattern matching is unlikely to improve any performance - it is actually going to generate more work for the server. Unless you have another WHERE clause member that is going to make this query perform better, you can simply do an update like this:

UPDATE MyTable

SET StringColumn = REPLACE (StringColumn, 'GREATERTHAN', '>')

You can also nest multiple REPLACE calls

UPDATE MyTable

SET StringColumn = REPLACE (REPLACE (StringColumn, 'GREATERTHAN', '>'), 'LESSTHAN', '

You can also do this when you select the data (as opposed to when you save it).

So instead of :

SELECT MyURLString From MyTable

You could do

SELECT REPLACE (MyURLString, 'GREATERTHAN', '>') as MyURLString From MyTable