i want to replace string in sql

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SQL-Server-2008R2

I have question like below
i want to replace string with other string ex: C:docs\test\uml this is my string and i want to replace this by like this C:docs\firstname-lastname \uml
table is as below

author table
authorid firstname lastname bookslocation
1 xyz abc C:\docs\test\uml
2 opq def C:\downloads\test\uml

now i want result as below

authorid firstname lastname bookslocation
1 xyz abc C:\docs\xyz-abc\uml
2 opq def C:\downloads\opq-def\uml

here i want to replace test with firstname and lastname of author

please help me on this...

Posted 28-Jun-15 9:25am

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Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter · Answer 1 · 2015-06-28T09:59:00

Solution 1

1. In SQL you can concatenate strings by simply add them together:

SQL

select firstname + '-' + lastname

2. SQL also has a REPLACE[^] method:

SQL

select replace(base_path, 'test', firstname + '-' + lastname)

(base_path is your c:\docs\test\uml path...)

Posted 28-Jun-15 9:59am

Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter