Replace One Word or Phrase Through An Update Query

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UPDATE queries are great to modify all information stored within our column. But what if we needed to only update a specific phrase or word within our column?

Well, we can use an UPDATE query along with a REPLACE function. It can be used like this:

UPDATE <table_name>
SET <column_name> = Replace(<column_name>, 'old phrase', 'new phrase')

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