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tomex1
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 Posted - 2008-02-12 : 05:47:26
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| Hello, I was wondering how to do this: I have a contact table in SQL with the firstname in a field called 'firstname1' and the surname in a field called 'surname1', how can I copy all the data in these two fields into the correct fields which is 'firstname' and 'surname' respectively?Many thanks |
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sunil
Constraint Violating Yak Guru
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Posted - 2008-02-12 : 05:56:49
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| Do you have 'firstname' and 'surname' columns in your table other than 'firstname1' and 'surname1'. If yes, then, you can do like,Update yourtablename set firstname=firstname1,surname=surname1 from yourtablenameIf this is not the case, post table structure of your table. |
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tomex1
Starting Member
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Posted - 2008-02-12 : 06:00:50
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Originally posted by sunil
Do you have 'firstname' and 'surname' columns in your table other than 'firstname1' and 'surname1'. If yes, then, you can do like,Update yourtablename set firstname=firstname1,surname=surname1 from yourtablenameIf this is not the case, post table structure of your table.
Yes, I do and that worked. Thanks a lot!!!!!!! |
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