The scalar function REPLACE replaces all occurrences of string_exp2 in string_exp1 with string_exp3. The resultant character string will have the same character set as that of the arguments.
Example
SELECT REPLACE ( name,'mi','moo' )
FROM customer
WHERE name = 'Smith';
REPLACE(NAME,MI,MOO)
Smooth
1 record selected
Notes
string_exp can be any of the type fixed or variable length character types.
If any of the arguments of the expression evaluates to null, the result is null.
If one of the arguments is a literal and the other one a field reference, the operation is possible only if the literal is convertible to the character set of the field reference. Otherwise an error is returned.
If the replacement string is not found in the search string, it returns the original string.
