Comments on: Strange text errors after MYSQL database transfer http://www.stuckiniowa.com/strange-text-errors-after-mysql-database-transfer/ It's all about corn, football, and not so many lakes or things to do. Thu, 15 Dec 2011 20:06:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Smoother http://www.stuckiniowa.com/strange-text-errors-after-mysql-database-transfer/comment-page-1/#comment-4527 Smoother Tue, 03 Aug 2010 14:20:26 +0000 http://www.stuckiniowa.com/strange-text-errors-after-mysql-database-transfer-blog-367/#comment-4527 I went into phpMyAdmin, then I clicked on the database I'm having the issue with, then I clicked on SQL to run a query. The query looks something like this UPDATE tablename SET tablefield = replace(tablefield, "findstring", "replacestring"); For wordpress it looks something like this UPDATE wp_posts SET post_content = REPLACE ( post_content, 'Item to replace here', 'Replacement text here'); Some links to help you out <a href="http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2005/12/01/search-and-replace-in-wordpress-mysql-database/" rel="nofollow">Search and Replace in WordPress MySQL Database</a> <a href="http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/how-to-search-and-replace-wordpress-in-blog-post/" rel="nofollow">How to Search and Replace WordPress In Blog Post</a> <a href="http://mybesinformatik.com/content/phpmyadmin-search-and-replace" rel="nofollow">phpMyAdmin search and replace</a> <a href="http://campsoftware.com/blog/find-and-replace-in-mysql-using-phpmyadmin/" rel="nofollow">Find and Replace in MySQL using phpMyAdmin</a> I went into phpMyAdmin, then I clicked on the database I’m having the issue with, then I clicked on SQL to run a query. The query looks something like this
UPDATE tablename SET tablefield = replace(tablefield, “findstring”, “replacestring”);

For wordpress it looks something like this

UPDATE wp_posts SET post_content = REPLACE (
post_content,
‘Item to replace here’,
‘Replacement text here’);

Some links to help you out
Search and Replace in WordPress MySQL Database
How to Search and Replace WordPress In Blog Post
phpMyAdmin search and replace
Find and Replace in MySQL using phpMyAdmin

]]> By: Mitch http://www.stuckiniowa.com/strange-text-errors-after-mysql-database-transfer/comment-page-1/#comment-4521 Mitch Tue, 03 Aug 2010 09:00:39 +0000 http://www.stuckiniowa.com/strange-text-errors-after-mysql-database-transfer-blog-367/#comment-4521 Hi Smoother, I know this is a very old article but i am experiencing the same problem for 4 days and it's driving me crazy, 'cause i can't find the reason to that. Can i ask you how you managed to solv it ? Hi Smoother,

I know this is a very old article but i am experiencing the same problem for 4 days and it’s driving me crazy, ’cause i can’t find the reason to that. Can i ask you how you managed to solv it ?

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