SQL query to remove text within parentheses?

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Published on 2010-05-17T22:54:56Z Indexed on 2010/05/17 23:01 UTC
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What is the best SQL query to remove any text within parenthesis in a mySQL database? I'd like something that works regardless of the position of the parenthesis in the text (beginning, middle, end, whatever). I don't care about keeping the text inside the parenthesis, just removing it.

Thanks!

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