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rajasekhar857
Constraint Violating Yak Guru
396 Posts |
 Posted - 2010-01-25 : 00:34:04
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| hi iam having table A where c and d are columns.now my reqirement is like if c is null then i need to take first 20 characters of d column value and put it into column c.how to do this |
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rohan_chikhale
Starting Member
7 Posts |
Posted - 2010-01-25 : 00:46:56
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| Check from front end whether whether any data is returned in c, if not then read the d column and fire an insert statement for c column.Rohan Chikhale |
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rajasekhar857
Constraint Violating Yak Guru
396 Posts |
Posted - 2010-01-25 : 00:48:25
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| update emrdiagnosissnippets set TITLE=(substring(DIAG_SNIPPET_DESC,1,20))where TITLE is nullcan i do like this |
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rohan_chikhale
Starting Member
7 Posts |
Posted - 2010-01-25 : 00:53:22
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| Cant say, try it...if it works good for u... :)Rohan Chikhale |
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Kristen
Test
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Posted - 2010-01-25 : 02:33:35
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| "can i do like this"Yes |
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madhivanan
Premature Yak Congratulator
22864 Posts |
Posted - 2010-01-25 : 02:46:22
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Originally posted by rajasekhar857
update emrdiagnosissnippets set TITLE=(substring(DIAG_SNIPPET_DESC,1,20))where TITLE is nullcan i do like this
[See if you come back to reply to this]What happens when new data are added periodically?[/See if you come back to reply to this]MadhivananFailing to plan is Planning to fail |
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updating column