No where clause is required unless you want to selectively update certain
data based on column values.

You could do this if you want...

UPDATE mpTable SET myNewColumn = REPLACE(myOriginalColumn, 'A\BO', 'A\C-B0')
Where myOriginalColumn LIKE '%A\BO%'

But if you are making a new column for the modified (replaced) value it will
not show up since the where clause restricts it to only the rows that need
updated. If you are not making a new column, then the where clause would be
great. Another thing... if you want this to run periodically you can setup
a Sql Agent Job to execute this statement as T-SQL and give it a schedule,
or even run when the server is at idle. Of course, the best practice would
be to eliminate the data entry problem when it's entered. But anyway....

--
Jerry Boone
Analytical Technologies, Inc.
http://www.antech.biz


"Jerry Boone" <jerry@antech.biz.nospam> wrote in message
news:ug8ub.4379$zz.1972696130@newssvr30.news.prodi gy.com...
> You could use the REPLACE function.
>
> As a safeguard make a new column on your table and run this statement....
>
> UPDATE mpTable SET myNewColumn = REPLACE(myOriginalColumn, 'A\BO',
'A\C-B0')
>
> If it works good, you may be able to then use "SET myOriginalColumn" and
> remove the new column. May need tweaked, but see what happens?
>
>
>
> --
> Jerry Boone
> Analytical Technologies, Inc.
> http://www.antech.biz
>
>
> "Guinness Mann" <GMann@dublin.com> wrote in message
> news:MPG.1a22a815a633b89898972a@news.newsguy.com.. .
> > I have a column in one of my tables that needs to have about half of its
> > values updated.
> >
> > The data looks like this:
> >
> > A\B0andSomeVaryingStuff.mp3
> >
> > I'd like to update it to:
> >
> > A\C-B0andSomeVaryingStuff.mp3
> >
> > The A, \-sign, B, C, .mp3 and - are literals. The
> > "andSomeVaryingStuff" changes. All I want to do is to replace the \B
> > with \C-B.
> >
> > So I need to say "Find the instances where there is an A\B0 and replace
> > the A\B0 with A\C-B0 leaving the andSomeVaryingStuff.mp3 the same."
> >
> > Note that every row will not need to be updated -- only the ones where
> > the column data begins A\B0.
> >
> > Can you help?
> >
> > Thank you,
> >
> > -- Rick
>
>