Note: I'm asking this question based upon the idea that this applies to Microsoft's SQL 2000.<BR><BR>Is it possible to write a sql query in query analyser to change a table's specific column ...

A common SQL habit is to use SELECT * on a query, because it’s tedious to list all the columns you need. Plus, sometimes those columns may change over time, so why not just do things the easy way? But ...

So much of modern programming is about string manipulation. Whether it’s parsing XML content, building HTML for the browser or trying to understand what the user just typed into that text entry field, ...