John Dunn wrote:
>
> I would like to be able to amend all occurences of a string in all columns
> of all rows of a table.
>
> Can I do this, without specifying individual column names?
>
> Please note that the string may include forward slashes /
>
> John
>
John,
If you do not want to specify column names then you need a 'double
action' query, eg something such as
set pause off
set echo off
set verify off
set pagesize 0
set feedback off
set recsep off
spool tally_ho.sql
select decode(rownum, 1, 'update &&my_table set ',
', ') || column_name
|| ' = replace(' || column_name
|| ', <suitable stuff>);'
from user_tab_columns
where table_name = upper('&&my_table')
and column_type in ('CHAR', 'VARCHAR2');
spool off
set echo on
set feedback on
@tally_ho
That's basically the idea.
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