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Originally Posted by Mortykins
Appreciate the quick response, I added the old field into the database, but there is not any entries into it. (All the data in that column is gone) I have the old npcspecialattks in a backup, isn't there a way for me to go in and remove that column by itself, then import it to the live database, then run that script? Apologies for the confusion on my part I am pretty rusty still with things.
Mort
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I would do a little bit of excel work by restoring the data from the old table, taking the old data and putting it into the live working table by pushing the NPC ID and the old NPC special attacks field in two different cells.
Then I'd do a concatenate generation based off of that data:
UPDATE `npc_types` SET npcspecialattks = X WHERE `id` = Y;
This would take me a matter of minutes.
Once I've restored this old data running side by side in the live table I would then run the conversion manually:
Code:
UPDATE npc_types SET special_abilities = CONCAT(special_abilities, "1,1^") WHERE npcspecialattks LIKE BINARY '%S%';
UPDATE npc_types SET special_abilities = CONCAT(special_abilities, "2,1^") WHERE npcspecialattks LIKE BINARY '%E%';
UPDATE npc_types SET special_abilities = CONCAT(special_abilities, "3,1^") WHERE npcspecialattks LIKE BINARY '%R%';
UPDATE npc_types SET special_abilities = CONCAT(special_abilities, "4,1^") WHERE npcspecialattks LIKE BINARY '%r%';
UPDATE npc_types SET special_abilities = CONCAT(special_abilities, "5,1^") WHERE npcspecialattks LIKE BINARY '%F%';
UPDATE npc_types SET special_abilities = CONCAT(special_abilities, "6,1^") WHERE npcspecialattks LIKE BINARY '%T%';
UPDATE npc_types SET special_abilities = CONCAT(special_abilities, "7,1^") WHERE npcspecialattks LIKE BINARY '%Q%';
UPDATE npc_types SET special_abilities = CONCAT(special_abilities, "8,1^") WHERE npcspecialattks LIKE BINARY '%L%';
UPDATE npc_types SET special_abilities = CONCAT(special_abilities, "9,1^") WHERE npcspecialattks LIKE BINARY '%b%';
UPDATE npc_types SET special_abilities = CONCAT(special_abilities, "10,1^") WHERE npcspecialattks LIKE BINARY '%m%';
UPDATE npc_types SET special_abilities = CONCAT(special_abilities, "11,1^") WHERE npcspecialattks LIKE BINARY '%Y%';
UPDATE npc_types SET special_abilities = CONCAT(special_abilities, "12,1^") WHERE npcspecialattks LIKE BINARY '%U%';
UPDATE npc_types SET special_abilities = CONCAT(special_abilities, "13,1^") WHERE npcspecialattks LIKE BINARY '%M%';
UPDATE npc_types SET special_abilities = CONCAT(special_abilities, "14,1^") WHERE npcspecialattks LIKE BINARY '%C%';
UPDATE npc_types SET special_abilities = CONCAT(special_abilities, "15,1^") WHERE npcspecialattks LIKE BINARY '%N%';
UPDATE npc_types SET special_abilities = CONCAT(special_abilities, "16,1^") WHERE npcspecialattks LIKE BINARY '%I%';
UPDATE npc_types SET special_abilities = CONCAT(special_abilities, "17,1^") WHERE npcspecialattks LIKE BINARY '%D%';
UPDATE npc_types SET special_abilities = CONCAT(special_abilities, "18,1^") WHERE npcspecialattks LIKE BINARY '%K%';
UPDATE npc_types SET special_abilities = CONCAT(special_abilities, "19,1^") WHERE npcspecialattks LIKE BINARY '%A%';
UPDATE npc_types SET special_abilities = CONCAT(special_abilities, "20,1^") WHERE npcspecialattks LIKE BINARY '%B%';
UPDATE npc_types SET special_abilities = CONCAT(special_abilities, "21,1^") WHERE npcspecialattks LIKE BINARY '%f%';
UPDATE npc_types SET special_abilities = CONCAT(special_abilities, "22,1^") WHERE npcspecialattks LIKE BINARY '%O%';
UPDATE npc_types SET special_abilities = CONCAT(special_abilities, "23,1^") WHERE npcspecialattks LIKE BINARY '%W%';
UPDATE npc_types SET special_abilities = CONCAT(special_abilities, "24,1^") WHERE npcspecialattks LIKE BINARY '%H%';
UPDATE npc_types SET special_abilities = CONCAT(special_abilities, "25,1^") WHERE npcspecialattks LIKE BINARY '%G%';
UPDATE npc_types SET special_abilities = CONCAT(special_abilities, "26,1^") WHERE npcspecialattks LIKE BINARY '%g%';
UPDATE npc_types SET special_abilities = CONCAT(special_abilities, "27,1^") WHERE npcspecialattks LIKE BINARY '%d%';
UPDATE npc_types SET special_abilities = CONCAT(special_abilities, "28,1^") WHERE npcspecialattks LIKE BINARY '%i%';
UPDATE npc_types SET special_abilities = CONCAT(special_abilities, "29,1^") WHERE npcspecialattks LIKE BINARY '%t%';
UPDATE npc_types SET special_abilities = CONCAT(special_abilities, "30,1^") WHERE npcspecialattks LIKE BINARY '%n%';
UPDATE npc_types SET special_abilities = CONCAT(special_abilities, "31,1^") WHERE npcspecialattks LIKE BINARY '%p%';
UPDATE npc_types SET special_abilities = CONCAT(special_abilities, "32,1^") WHERE npcspecialattks LIKE BINARY '%J%';
UPDATE npc_types SET special_abilities = CONCAT(special_abilities, "33,1^") WHERE npcspecialattks LIKE BINARY '%j%';
UPDATE npc_types SET special_abilities = CONCAT(special_abilities, "34,1^") WHERE npcspecialattks LIKE BINARY '%o%';
UPDATE npc_types SET special_abilities = CONCAT(special_abilities, "35,1^") WHERE npcspecialattks LIKE BINARY '%Z%';
UPDATE npc_types SET special_abilities = TRIM(TRAILING '^' FROM special_abilities);
At this point I once you review that the new column looks good you are safe to drop the old.