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Asked: 2026-05-25T12:31:44+00:00

I want to modify the following query: UPDATE wp_posts SET post_content = REPLACE(post_content, ‘http://oldlink.com’,

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I want to modify the following query:

UPDATE wp_posts
SET post_content =
      REPLACE(post_content, 'http://oldlink.com', 'http://newlink.com');

To be something that goes through all tables, columns and values. Something similar to this (but this doesn’t work):

UPDATE * SET *= REPLACE(*, 'http://oldlink.com', 'http://newlink.com');

I want to replace every instance of my old link to my new link in my database. Is there any way to do this?

UPDATE

Sorry, I forgot to mention, it’s MySQL. I’m currently going through all the answers and I’ll be back and let you know what worked. Thanks everyone!

UPDATE 2

Hi guys (and girls), I decided to just dump the database and do manual search and replace (with TextWrangler). As this isn’t (currently) a large DB, it’s probably the easiest way.

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  1. Editorial Team

    Here is one that works on SQL Server — does something like this work for you?

    Search and Replace SQL Server data in all columns, of all tables

    Here’s a stored procedure named, SearchAndReplace, that searches
    through all the character columns of all tables in the current
    database, and replaces the given string with another user provided
    string.

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