How to perform a find and replace of Portal content?

We recently changed the URL of a business application and I would like to replace the old URL with the new URL in all Portal content items, including URL item types, Text item types, item descriptions, HTML Builder portlets, etc...
I can use the Portal's built-in search to find most instances of the old text, but can I perform a SQL query to replace the existing text fragment with a new text fragment?
TIA

This is script, we use when we refresh test environment from production. Change variables values as per your setting under define ...
login as portal
set echo on
set term on
spool changeurl.log
define PROD_DN=prodhost
define DEV_DN=devhost
define PROD_HOSTNAME=prodhost.hsys.local
define PROD_PORT=7778
define DEV_HOSTNAME=devhost.hsys.local
define DEV_PORT=7780
update wwsec_group$
set dn=replace( dn, '&&PROD_DN', '&&DEV_DN' )
update wwsec_group$
set dn_hash = wwsec_api_private.get_dn_hash( dn )
-- users (dn)
update wwsec_person$
set dn=replace( dn, '&&PROD_DN', '&&DEV_DN' )
update wwsec_person$
set dn_hash = wwsec_api_private.get_dn_hash( dn)
-- subscriber
update wwsub_model$
set dn=replace( dn, '&&PROD_DN', '&&DEV_DN' ), GUID=':1'
where dn like '%&&PROD_DN%'
-- preferences
update wwpre_value$
set varchar2_value=replace( varchar2_value, '&&PROD_DN', '&&DEV_DN' )
where varchar2_value like '%&&PROD_DN%'
update wwpre_value$
set varchar2_value=replace( varchar2_value, '&&PROD_HOSTNAME:&&PROD_PORT', '&&DEV_HOSTNAME:&&DEV_PORT' )
where varchar2_value like '%&&PROD_HOSTNAME:&&PROD_PORT%'
-- page url items
update wwv_things
set title_link=replace( title_link, '&&PROD_HOSTNAME:&&PROD_PORT', '&&DEV_HOSTNAME:&&DEV_PORT' )
where title_link like '%&&PROD_HOSTNAME:&&PROD_PORT%'
-- web providers
update wwpro_providers$
set http_url=replace( http_url, '&&PROD_HOSTNAME:&&PROD_PORT', '&&DEV_HOSTNAME:&&DEV_PORT' )
where http_url like '%&&PROD_HOSTNAME:&&PROD_PORT%'
-- html links created by the RTF editor inside text items
update wwv_text
set text=replace( text, '&&PROD_HOSTNAME:&&PROD_PORT', '&&DEV_HOSTNAME:&&DEV_PORT' )
where text like '%&&PROD_HOSTNAME:&&PROD_PORT%'
-- Portlet metadata nls: help URL
update wwpro_portlet_metadata_nls$
set help_url=replace( help_url, '&&PROD_HOSTNAME:&&PROD_PORT', '&&DEV_HOSTNAME:&&DEV_PORT' )
where help_url like '%&&PROD_HOSTNAME:&&PROD_PORT%'
spool off

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