regexp_replace mysql 5.6 code example

Example 1: mysql regex replace

REGEXP_REPLACE(expression, pattern, replacement[, position[, occurrence[, match_type]]])

Example 1 - remove all "-" characters
SELECT REGEXP_REPLACE( fieldname, '-', '' ) AS newfieldname FROM tablename

Example 2: mysql regexp replace

WITH t AS (SELECT 'aaa <b>bbb</b> ccc' AS teststring FROM dual)

SELECT
  teststring,
  regexp_replace(teststring, '<.+>') AS reg1,
  regexp_replace(teststring, '<.*>') AS reg2,
  regexp_replace(teststring, '<.*?>') AS reg3
FROM t


TESTSTRING             REG1        REG2          REG3
aaa <b>bbb</b> ccc     aaa ccc     aaa ccc       aaa bbb ccc