tkaragiris posted on January 13, 2011 16:18

To do a search and replace in an SQL table use the following code:
UPDATE <TABLE NAME>
SET <COLUMN NAME> = CAST(REPLACE(CAST(<COLUMN NAME> as varchar(MAX)), '<TEXT TO FIND>', '<TEXT TO REPLACE>') as text)
WHERE
PATINDEX('%<TEXT TO FIND>%', <COLUMN NAME>) > 0