SQL Server/T-SQL/String Functions/REPLACE

REPLACE: all instances of the second string in the first are replaced by the third string

1> -- REPLACE: all instances of the second string in the first are replaced by the third string.
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3> -- REPLACE(string to search, string to find, string to replace)
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5> SELECT REPLACE("www.sqle.ru","a","sql server")
6> GO
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www.jsql servervsql server2s.ru
(1 rows affected)
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REPLACE(): replace all occurrences of one character or substring

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7> -- REPLACE(): replace all occurrences of one character or substring
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9> DECLARE @Phrase VarChar(1000)
10> SET @Phrase = "a a a a a a a a"
11> SELECT REPLACE(@Phrase, "a", "B")
12>
13> GO
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B B B B B B B B
(1 rows affected)
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REPLACE spaces

1> create table employee(
2>     ID          int,
3>     name        nvarchar (10),
4>     salary      int,
5>     start_date  datetime,
6>     city        nvarchar (10),
7>     region      char (1))
8> GO
1>
2> insert into employee (ID, name,    salary, start_date, city,       region)
3>               values (1,  "Jason", 40420,  "02/01/94", "New York", "W")
4> GO
(1 rows affected)
1> insert into employee (ID, name,    salary, start_date, city,       region)
2>               values (2,  "Robert",14420,  "01/02/95", "Vancouver","N")
3> GO
(1 rows affected)
1> insert into employee (ID, name,    salary, start_date, city,       region)
2>               values (3,  "Celia", 24020,  "12/03/96", "Toronto",  "W")
3> GO
(1 rows affected)
1> insert into employee (ID, name,    salary, start_date, city,       region)
2>               values (4,  "Linda", 40620,  "11/04/97", "New York", "N")
3> GO
(1 rows affected)
1> insert into employee (ID, name,    salary, start_date, city,       region)
2>               values (5,  "David", 80026,  "10/05/98", "Vancouver","W")
3> GO
(1 rows affected)
1> insert into employee (ID, name,    salary, start_date, city,       region)
2>               values (6,  "James", 70060,  "09/06/99", "Toronto",  "N")
3> GO
(1 rows affected)
1> insert into employee (ID, name,    salary, start_date, city,       region)
2>               values (7,  "Alison",90620,  "08/07/00", "New York", "W")
3> GO
(1 rows affected)
1> insert into employee (ID, name,    salary, start_date, city,       region)
2>               values (8,  "Chris", 26020,  "07/08/01", "Vancouver","N")
3> GO
(1 rows affected)
1> insert into employee (ID, name,    salary, start_date, city,       region)
2>               values (9,  "Mary",  60020,  "06/09/02", "Toronto",  "W")
3> GO
(1 rows affected)
1>
2> select * from employee
3> GO
ID          name       salary      start_date              city       region
----------- ---------- ----------- ----------------------- ---------- ------
          1 Jason            40420 1994-02-01 00:00:00.000 New York   W
          2 Robert           14420 1995-01-02 00:00:00.000 Vancouver  N
          3 Celia            24020 1996-12-03 00:00:00.000 Toronto    W
          4 Linda            40620 1997-11-04 00:00:00.000 New York   N
          5 David            80026 1998-10-05 00:00:00.000 Vancouver  W
          6 James            70060 1999-09-06 00:00:00.000 Toronto    N
          7 Alison           90620 2000-08-07 00:00:00.000 New York   W
          8 Chris            26020 2001-07-08 00:00:00.000 Vancouver  N
          9 Mary             60020 2002-06-09 00:00:00.000 Toronto    W
(9 rows affected)
1>
2> SELECT TOP 3 Name, REPLACE(Name + "  " + Name, "  ", " ") FROM Employee
3> GO
Name
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Jason      Jason Jason
Robert     Robert Robert
Celia      Celia Celia
(3 rows affected)
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2> drop table employee
3> GO
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