MySql Question - way to update portion of a string?

Question

I'm looking for a way to update just a portion of a string via mysql query.

For example, if I have 10 records all containing 'string' as part of the field value (i.e., 'something/string', 'something/stringlookhere', 'something/string/etcetera', is there a way to change 'string' to 'anothervalue' for each row via one query, so that the result is 'something/anothervalue', 'something/anothervaluelookhere', 'something/string/etcetera', is there a way to change 'anothervalue'

Answer 1

UPDATE `table` SET `field` = REPLACE(`field`, `string`, `anothervalue`)

Answer 2

use a LIKE operator to find the rows that you care about, and update them using the REPLACE function.

Answer 3

I think this should work:

update table set field = REPLACE(field, 'string', 'anothervalue') WHERE field LIKE '%string%';