Re: Removing terminal period from varchar string in table column

[Jeff Ross <jross@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 7/15/25 11:30, Rich Shepard wrote:

> I
>       want to remove the terminal period '.' from the varchar strings in
>       the
>       
>       'company_name' column in all rows with that period in the
>       companies table.
>       
>       
>       I've looked at trim(), translate(), "substr(company_name 1,
>       
>       length(compan_name) - 1)", and a couple of other functions and am
>       unsure how
>       
>       best to do this without corrupting the database table.
>       
>       
>       Advice needed.
>       
>       
>       TIA,
>       
>       
>       Rich
>       
>       
>       
>       
>

How about

test:

    select company_name, replace(company_name,'.','') from companies;

update:

    update companies set company_name = replace(company_name,'.','') where company_name like '%.';

?

Jeff