How to Use Regexp in MySQL Replace Commands?

Question

My goal is to replace the links in the database with a catchall link. I generally use the REPLACE command for replacing string in the database, but this time I am having dif

Answer 1

Short answer: you can't with base MySQL.

Long answer: this previous SO question, which mentions that you could do it with a UDF (user-defined function). However, this requires re-building MySQL to include the udf.