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[SOLVED] adding text to contents of a database table


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Hi,

 

I have a database table which is full of paths to pictures e.g

 

/pictures/12313213.jpg

/pictures/35423454.jpg

 

Id like to change all the data to a longer path, basically i need to add some text to the beginning of every entry so the table contains things like this instead :

 

http://www.blahblah.com/pictures/12313213.jpg

http://www.blahblah.com/pictures/35423454.jpg

 

Can someone show me how plzzzzz ?

 

thanks very much.

 

Scott

 

 

 

 

As long as the first path is the same a simple update in phpMyAdmin will work using this SQL:

 

UPDATE table_name SET column_name = CONCAT('http://www.blahblah.com', column_name)

 

That should work, I have never done it so I could be wrong... I would do a test on one table element first by adding a WHERE clause to that so you do not screw up your whole table (or backup for table).

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