Can MySQL Replace Multiple Characters?
		 Answer : You can chain REPLACE functions:   select replace(replace('hello world','world','earth'),'hello','hi')   This will print hi earth .   You can even use subqueries to replace multiple strings!   select replace(london_english,'hello','hi') as warwickshire_english from (     select replace('hello world','world','earth') as london_english ) sub   Or use a JOIN to replace them:   select group_concat(newword separator ' ') from (     select 'hello' as oldword     union all     select 'world' ) orig inner join (     select 'hello' as oldword, 'hi' as newword     union all     select 'world', 'earth' ) trans on orig.oldword = trans.oldword   I'll leave translation using common table expressions as an exercise for the reader ;)  Cascading is the only simple and straight-forward solution to mysql for multiple character replacement.   UPDATE table1...