Er... do you mean this instead?

UPDATE your_table
SET decimal_field = decimal_field + (0.15 * decimal_field);

Would this work?

Jenifer


----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Stassen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Subscriptions" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Monday, October 03, 2005 12:25 PM
Subject: Re: Add 15% to column?


Subscriptions wrote:
I have a decimal field in my table... what would be the query to add 15%
to that number in every row? I need to mark the column up by 15% and want to
make sure I get the query right the first time. heh

Jenifer

  UPDATE your_table
  SET decimal_field = 1.15 * decimal_field;

Michael


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