Question

I am currently trying to edit my db named boh. The current table “files” has a field called “path”. Inside the path field is an actualpath to files listed in a folder, syntax “F:\xxx\xxx\xxx\filename.xxx”. How do I update the field information to replace the “F:\xxx\xxx\xxx” so that just the file name exists?

Answer 1

It depends what you exactly want, if you want to strip constant path you can use:

UPDATE `table` SET `path` = REPLACE(`path`, 'F:\\xxx\\xxx\\xxx', '');

If you want to keep only last part after last \, then following command should do it:

UPDATE `table` SET `path` = SUBSTRING_INDEX(`path`. '\\', -1);