CODE EXAMPLE FOR SQL

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