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                                         kabon 
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                                             Posted - 2013-06-26 : 00:14:02
                                            
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                                            | i have data like this :OLD_LIMIT_ID12243709.0008210.01::12243709.0008210.02::12243709.0008210.04and i want to replace with the new ID:12877614.0008200.01 = 12877614.0008200.0712877614.0008200.03 = 12877614.0008200.08and the result is :NEW_LIMIT_ID12243709.0008210.07::12243709.0008210.08::12243709.0008210.04I have query like this but it doesn't work because it just add into the data just like this :NEW_LIMIT_ID12877614.0008210.01::12877614.0008210.02::12877614.0008210.03::12877614.0008210.08here is the query :SELECT A.[Column 3] AS OLD_LIMIT_ID,A.[Column 3]+'::'+LEFT(A.[Column 3],CHARINDEX('.',A.[Column 3],16))+RIGHT(NEW_ID_AB,2) AS NEW_LIMIT_ID FROM COLRTXT_20130624 AINNER JOIN RESEQUENCE_LIMIT B ON LEFT(B.ID_AB,CHARINDEX('.',B.ID_AB)-1)=LEFT(A.[Column 3],CHARINDEX('.',A.[Column 3])-1)and RIGHT(B.ID_AB,2)=RIGHT(A.[Column 3],2)please help for solution | 
                                             
                                         
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                                     khtan 
                                    In (Som, Ni, Yak) 
                                     
                                    
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                                            Posted - 2013-06-26 : 00:30:58
                                          
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 i have data like this :OLD_LIMIT_ID [1]12243709.0008210.01::12243709.0008210.02::12243709.0008210.04and i want to replace with the new ID: [2]12877614.0008200.01 = 12877614.0008200.0712877614.0008200.03 = 12877614.0008200.08and the result is :NEW_LIMIT_ID [3]12243709.0008210.07::12243709.0008210.08::12243709.0008210.04 
  Is the above the correct data ? You want to replace what with what ? i can't see the relationship between the [2] in the [3] KH[spoiler]Time is always against us[/spoiler]  | 
                                         
                                        
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                                     visakh16 
                                    Very Important crosS Applying yaK Herder 
                                     
                                    
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                                            Posted - 2013-06-26 : 02:27:57
                                          
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                                          | Do you've a table where you store oldids against new ones? if yes, it should be a simple replace that you may require after doing a join with it------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------SQL Server MVPhttp://visakhm.blogspot.com/https://www.facebook.com/VmBlogs  | 
                                         
                                        
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