I have a table and I need to update some names but I was wondering about the
following queries :
Will both do the same?
Query1
Update mytable
Set Name = Replace(Name,'Jeff','Joe')
Query2
Update mytable
Set Name = 'Joe'
where Name = 'Jeff'
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Sign up to join this communityI have a table and I need to update some names but I was wondering about the
following queries :
Will both do the same?
Query1
Update mytable
Set Name = Replace(Name,'Jeff','Joe')
Query2
Update mytable
Set Name = 'Joe'
where Name = 'Jeff'
No, it's not the same.
The first query looks for string within the entire string (see replace() "Replaces all occurrences of a specified string value with another string value."), the second looks for the exact string.
If you have records like JeffJoe
, the first query will give JoeJoe
, the second query will give JeffJoe
(without any modification).
No, they will not do the same thing.
The amount of effort required by the SQL engine is completely different. In the first query, the engine must go through every row and perform a string replace operation on the Name column. In the second query, it is searching through the table where the name is "Jeff" and just updating the Name column to be Joe.
String replacement is wildcard. So in the first query, the Name "Jeffrey" would become "Joerey".