This should be some easy points for someone.
Data on a server is being migrated soon. Links to files on the migrating server are in different tables in a database. I'm looking to make an update query to change server names while leaving the rest of the path alone.
My first attempt (on a test system) resulted in restoring from backup.
UPDATE table
SET field = REPLACE ('\\oldserver\', 'oldserver', 'newserver')
Those 2 lines made every record in the table "\\newserver\" only; even ones that didn't match 'oldserver'.
What's the proper way to update the server part of the path while retaining the folder portion?
While one table has a path as a field, another table has the path in a memo field along with lots of other text. Would there be any difference in the query to update?
Thanks in advance.