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                                    | dwjongbloedStarting Member
 
 
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                                            |  Posted - 2010-08-31 : 15:17:51 
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                                            | I have a bunch of records that have a " in a given column and I want to select those records out.  Actually in the long run I am going to want to replace that " with a blank but for now I just want to get a record count.   What is the correct syntax that a person should use for this?  If you'd be willing to give the syntax for updating it as well I'd appreciate it.here's what I have and where I'm stuckselect * from dbo.documentwhere substring(var_fld_4,6,1) = |  |  
                                    | webfredMaster Smack Fu Yak Hacker
 
 
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                                          |  Posted - 2010-08-31 : 15:37:20 
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                                          | Are you sure it is always at position 6,1?Anyway.= '"'(one_single_quote your_double_quote one_single_quote) No, you're never too old to Yak'n'Roll if you're too young to die.
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