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OldMySQLUser
Constraint Violating Yak Guru
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 Posted - 2008-02-04 : 06:43:54
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| Is there a way I could apply my update:DECLARE @myDateField varchar(20)SET @myDateField = 'Amended_By_Date'UPDATE myTableSET @myDateField = case when @myDateField = '0' then null when LEFT(@myDateField, 2) = '10' then '200' + SUBSTRING(@myDateField,3,LEN(@myDateField)) ENDto all columns in myTable which contain the string 'date' or 'Date' as the column name? |
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visakh16
Very Important crosS Applying yaK Herder
52326 Posts |
Posted - 2008-02-04 : 06:45:35
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| You need to use dynamic sql for this |
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SwePeso
Patron Saint of Lost Yaks
30421 Posts |
Posted - 2008-02-04 : 06:53:58
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http://www.sommarskog.se/dynamic_sql.html
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OldMySQLUser
Constraint Violating Yak Guru
301 Posts |
Posted - 2008-02-04 : 07:07:24
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| Thanks for the link. Most informative. |
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Applying update to certain columns only