phpMyAdmin: Search and Replace in MySQL database

19 April 2014, by Nadir Soualem

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How to search and replace in MySQL database with phpMyAdmin ?

Click on your database name, you want to run the search and replace through. Next, click on the SQL tab, in the SQL box, enter something like:

UPDATE table_name SET table_field = replace(table_field,"find_string","replace_string");

For example:

UPDATE table_spip_articles SET text = replace(text,"<pre><code class="language-bash">","<pre><code class="language-python">");

and execute :-)

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