REPLACE doesn't accept < or > in string...

[Germaris]

I wrote:

UPDATE `table_name` SET column_name = REPLACE(column_name,  - , <br />) WHERE column_name LIKE '% - %'

I tried to escape < and > with an \ but I get error messages...
What's wrong?

Thanks for any help.

[Germaris]

Problem solved...

UPDATE `table_name` SET column_name = REPLACE(column_name, ' - ', '<br />') WHERE column_name LIKE '% - %'