Assuming we have the following entry in our database: /go/123456 But we require: go/123456 UPDATE `TABLENAME` SET `FIELDNAME` = SUBSTRING(`FIELDNAME`, 2) WHERE `FIELDNAME` LIKE `/%`;

The following code will replace a string in a database field UPDATE `TableName` SET `DatabaseField` = REPLACE(`DatabaseField`, ‘OldString’, ‘NewString’) WHERE `DatabaseField` LIKE ‘%OldString%’;