-- Unlock all questions in a selection tas seminar category (Lehrgang) -- Use this for testing: -- declare @current_mandator_id uniqueidentifier -- select @current_mandator_id=id from tblMandators where name='viwis' -- define cursor declare @otxt varchar(1000) set @otxt = 'locked="True"' declare curs cursor local fast_forward for select id, textptr(questionXML), charindex(@otxt, questionXML)-1 from tblTasQuestions where mandator_id=@current_mandator_id and deleted is null and locked=1 and dbo.fn_GetCategoryIdForQuestion(tblTasQuestions.id, 1, 0)=@questionCategorySeminar_id -- make loop declare @ntxt varchar(1000) set @ntxt = 'locked="False"' declare @txtlen int set @txtlen = len(@otxt) declare @ptr binary(16) declare @pos int declare @id uniqueidentifier -- Finally we can do our search and replace: open curs fetch next from curs into @id, @ptr, @pos while @@fetch_status = 0 begin updatetext tblTasQuestions.questionXML @ptr @pos @txtlen @ntxt update tblTasQuestions set locked = 0 where id=@id fetch next from curs into @id, @ptr, @pos end close curs deallocate curs