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4> CREATE TABLE titles(
5>    title_id       varchar(20),
6>    title          varchar(80)       NOT NULL,
7>    type           char(12)          NOT NULL,
8>    pub_id         char(4)               NULL,
9>    price          money                 NULL,
10>    advance        money                 NULL,
11>    royalty        int                   NULL,
12>    ytd_sales      int                   NULL,
13>    notes          varchar(200)          NULL,
14>    pubdate        datetime          NOT NULL
15> )
16> GO
1>
2> insert titles values ('1', 'Secrets',   'popular_comp', '1389', $20.00, $8000.00, 10, 4095,'Note 1','06/12/94')
3> insert titles values ('2', 'The',       'business',     '1389', $19.99, $5000.00, 10, 4095,'Note 2','06/12/91')
4> insert titles values ('3', 'Emotional', 'psychology',   '0736', $7.99,  $4000.00, 10, 3336,'Note 3','06/12/91')
5> insert titles values ('4', 'Prolonged', 'psychology',   '0736', $19.99, $2000.00, 10, 4072,'Note 4','06/12/91')
6> insert titles values ('5', 'With',      'business',     '1389', $11.95, $5000.00, 10, 3876,'Note 5','06/09/91')
7> insert titles values ('6', 'Valley',    'mod_cook',     '0877', $19.99, $0.00,    12, 2032,'Note 6','06/09/91')
8> insert titles values ('7', 'Any?',      'trad_cook',    '0877', $14.99, $8000.00, 10, 4095,'Note 7','06/12/91')
9> insert titles values ('8', 'Fifty',     'trad_cook',    '0877', $11.95, $4000.00, 14, 1509,'Note 8','06/12/91')
10> GO

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1> UPDATE titles
2> SET notes=STUFF(notes, PATINDEX('%computer[^s]%', notes),
3>     DATALENGTH('computer'), 'Hi-Tech Computers')
4> WHERE PATINDEX('%computer[^s]%', notes) > 0
5> GO

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1>
2>
3> drop table titles;
4> GO