MySQL - Replace Character in Columns

Question

Being a self-taught newbie, I created a large problem for myself. Before inserting data in to my database, I\'ve been converting apostrophes (\') in a string, to double quot

Answer 1

Just running the SELECT statement will have no effect on the data. You have to use an UPDATE statement with the REPLACE to make the change occur:

UPDATE photos
   SET caption = REPLACE(caption,'"','\'')

Here is a working sample: http://sqlize.com/7FjtEyeLAh