1.0Harsh Baidhttps://www.harshbaid.inHarshhttps://www.harshbaid.in/author/harsh-baid/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="B7Kl1YEE5l"><a href="https://www.harshbaid.in/2013/06/03/replacing-first-occurrence-of-certain-characters-in-mssql-database/">Replacing first occurrence of certain characters in MSSQL database</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.harshbaid.in/2013/06/03/replacing-first-occurrence-of-certain-characters-in-mssql-database/embed/#?secret=B7Kl1YEE5l" width="600" height="338" title="“Replacing first occurrence of certain characters in MSSQL database” — Harsh Baid" data-secret="B7Kl1YEE5l" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(c,d){"use strict";var e=!1,o=!1;if(d.querySelector)if(c.addEventListener)e=!0;if(c.wp=c.wp||{},c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage);else if(c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if(!t);else if(!(t.secret||t.message||t.value));else if(/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret));else{for(var r,s,a,i=d.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),n=d.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),l=0;l<n.length;l++)n[l].style.display="none";for(l=0;l<i.length;l++)if(r=i[l],e.source!==r.contentWindow);else{if(r.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message){if(1e3<(s=parseInt(t.value,10)))s=1e3;else if(~~s<200)s=200;r.height=s}if("link"===t.message)if(s=d.createElement("a"),a=d.createElement("a"),s.href=r.getAttribute("src"),a.href=t.value,!o.test(a.protocol));else if(a.host===s.host)if(d.activeElement===r)c.top.location.href=t.value}}},e)c.addEventListener("message",c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),d.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",t,!1),c.addEventListener("load",t,!1);function t(){if(o);else{o=!0;for(var e,t,r,s=-1!==navigator.appVersion.indexOf("MSIE 10"),a=!!navigator.userAgent.match(/Trident.*rv:11\./),i=d.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),n=0;n<i.length;n++){if(!(r=(t=i[n]).getAttribute("data-secret")))r=Math.random().toString(36).substr(2,10),t.src+="#?secret="+r,t.setAttribute("data-secret",r);if(s||a)(e=t.cloneNode(!0)).removeAttribute("security"),t.parentNode.replaceChild(e,t);t.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:r},"*")}}}}(window,document); </script> This post is regarding how to replace first occurrence of one or more characters from database table Column. Suppose we have table named User with columns Id, Name, Phone Number as shown in the figure below. And contains records as shown in figure below: Now what I required to accomplish is replace the first ‘-‘ […]http://www.harshbaid.in/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/User-database-table-300x69.png