Re: Replace on Join

[Peter Brawley]

How about this ...

update schedule s
join directory d on s.email = replace(d.email, '@wnc.edu', '@wncc.edu')
set s.email=replace(s.email, '@wncc.edu', '@wnc.edu' );

PB

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Kevin Murphy wrote:
> I'm trying to do a join on two pieces of data that are not quite 
> exactly the same. Basic story, I have 2 tables (output from 2 
> mainframes) in MySQL where one table has our email addresses as 
> @wncc.edu (our old name) and the other has it as @wnc.edu (our new 
> name). So here is an abbreviated version of the query that is trying 
> to match them, and it doesn't work. Any suggestions?
>
> SELECT * FROM schedule
> LEFT JOIN directory ON
> (    REPLACE('@wncc.edu','@wnc.edu',schedule.email) = 
> directory.email    )
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