You want to look at the REGEXP operator built into MySQL. You should be able to do what you wish.
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/regexp.html On 3/10/06, James Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > One of my fields has had a collection of line breaks inserted in between > first and second names. I think I have solved the problem but I now need to > remove all of the line breaks that have been inserted so far. > > I could query the db then use CF to replace chr(13) & chr(10) with " ", but > is there a better, faster was to do this in SQL directly, preferably > replacing "\s*\r\n\s*" so that it replaces the line break and any leading or > trailing whitespace replacing it with one single space character. > > -- > James Smith > IT Director - Music Express > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:235056 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
