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gunsandbutter06
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 Posted - 2006-04-19 : 11:27:04
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| I am relatively new to SQL and am having trouble with an update. I know I cannot use a join update and have to use subquery. I am not sure of the syntax on how to do this. Below is basically what I want to do, but cannot figure out how to do it with a subquery. Any help would be appreciated. update revisedapps set alternateapp = t.alternateapp from tempalternateapps t join revisedapps r on t.appname = r.softwarename |
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Srinika
Master Smack Fu Yak Hacker
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Posted - 2006-04-19 : 11:30:39
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I assume u r using SQL server:update revisedapps set alternateapp = t.alternateapp from revisedapps r inner join tempalternateapps t on t.appname = r.softwarename Srinika |
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gunsandbutter06
Starting Member
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Posted - 2006-04-19 : 11:47:58
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| Yes, I am using SQL Server 2000. When I run the code I get the error:Server: Msg 8152, Level 16, State 6, Line 1String or binary data would be truncated.The statement has been terminated. |
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Srinika
Master Smack Fu Yak Hacker
1378 Posts |
Posted - 2006-04-19 : 12:03:30
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| The Column alternateapp My not be large enough to hold data in t.alternateapp First u may need to change the Column Size of both tables to be the larger of the 2 tbls. Or u have to truncate data. Find the field type / size of each of the above columnsSrinika |
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Updating data from one table to another