How to update XML in ntext column?

How do I search a NTEXT column for XML attributes and update the values? MS SQL 2005

• Duplicate: this exact question was asked by the same author in http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1221583/how-do-i-update-a-xml-string-in-an-ntext-column-in-sql-server. Please close this one and answer in the original question. I have a SQL table with 2 columns. ID(int) and Value(ntext) The value rows have all sorts of xml strings in them. ID Value -- ------------------ 1 <ROOT><Type current="TypeA"/></ROOT> 2 <XML><Name current="MyName"/><XML> 3 <TYPE><Colour current="Yellow"/><TYPE> 4 <TYPE><Colour current="Yellow" Size="Large"/><TYPE> 5 <TYPE><Colour current="Blue" Size="Large"/><TYPE> 6 <XML><Name current="Yellow"/><XML> How do I: A. List the rows where <TYPE><Colour current="Yellow", bearing in mind that there is an entry <XML><Name current="Yellow"/><XML> B. Modify the rows that contain <TYPE><Colour current="Yellow" to be <TYPE><Colour current="Purple" Thanks! 4 your help

• Answer:

  You're going to have to use UPDATETEXT, TEXTPTR and PATINDEX, http://blogs.x2line.com/al/archive/2008/05/03/3417.aspx gives a nice SearchAndReplace sproc.