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tpearl5

12-28-2013 01:59 AM

Query to remove signatures that have links in them for vb4

I just used this to batch remove signatures that have links in them. 95% of them were spam accounts anyway:

Code:

UPDATE usertextfield SET signature=NULL WHERE signature LIKE '%url%';

The entire signature will be removed, not just the link

This will probably work for vb3 as well, but I haven't tested it.

tpearl5

03-31-2014 06:47 PM

And a slightly more complex query if you want to remove signatures from a specific user group:

Code:

UPDATE usertextfield AS ut

INNER JOIN user AS u ON ut.userid = u.userid SET signature=NULL

WHERE ut.signature LIKE '%url%' AND u.usergroupid = 2;

Replace 2 with the user group you want to remove signatures for.

scottct1

05-01-2014 02:23 AM

How do I just remove ALL signatures from the Registered usergroup?

tpearl5

05-01-2014 05:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by scottct1 (Post 2495587)

How do I just remove ALL signatures from the Registered usergroup?

Code:

UPDATE usertextfield AS ut

INNER JOIN user AS u ON ut.userid = u.userid SET signature=NULL

WHERE u.usergroupid = 2;

I haven't tested this, I would run it as a SELECT statement first to make sure that you are getting the right data, like this:

Code:

SELECT * FROM usertextfield AS ut

INNER JOIN user AS u ON ut.userid = u.userid

WHERE u.usergroupid = 2;

Do a backup! Once it's gone it's gone!

vBNinja

05-01-2014 06:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by scottct1 (Post 2495587)

How do I just remove ALL signatures from the Registered usergroup?

assuming you don't have a table prefix:

PHP Code:


		
			
UPDATE usertextfield  
    JOIN user USING (userid)
    SET signature = ''
WHERE usergroupid = 2;

otherwise you'll need to add the prefix before "usertextfield" and "user"

But that should work fine if you're using phpmyadmin

ForceHSS

05-01-2014 06:35 PM

Confirm vBNinja query works tested on navicat

tpearl5

05-01-2014 06:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by vBNinja (Post 2495710)

assuming you don't have a table prefix:

Ah, much cleaner. Is signature supposed to be an empty string vs null?

vBNinja

05-01-2014 07:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tpearl5 (Post 2495713)

Ah, much cleaner. Is signature supposed to be an empty string vs null?

Doesn't matter

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