untested:

update .... set mydate = IF(mydate =  '0000-00-00', now(), mydate)

 - michael dykman

On Thu, Feb 9, 2012 at 8:14 AM, william drescher
<will...@techservsys.com> wrote:
> I want to update a date field in a record. if the date in the field is
> 0000-00-00 I want to change it to the current date.  I would appreciate
> suggestions or links on how to do this.
>
> Yup, tried reading the manual, but need a bit of help.
> I will be updating another field at the same time.
>
> bill
>
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