yes, just a typing mistakes~~ anyway, both of them work fine..... "gerald_clark" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > DId I type that? > I meant 1,4 > I left it as substring because that was what he tried. > > ¿n©_ ¡E¢X ¡¸ wrote: > > >yes, it should work, but should not be 1,1 ? > > > >or simply: > > > >UPDATE RemoteStation SET company=LEFT(ID, 4); ? > > > > > >"gerald_clark" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message > >news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > >>How about: > >>update RemoteStation set company=substring(ID,1,1); > >> > >>Jeff McKeon wrote: > >> > >> > >> > >>>Damn fat fingers and MS Outlook. I sent the "Query Help" message before > >>>I was finishes typing. Sorry... > >>> > >>>I have two tables, customer table and a company table > >>> > >>>The customer table has an ID field that is 8 characters long. The first > >>>4 characters are the company code. > >>> > >>>We just added a company table that has an id field that contains that > >>>companies id code. We also added a field to the customer table that > >>>will hold the company ID that the customer belongs to. So..... > >>> > >>>Customer table > >>> > >>>ID name company > >>>12347771 joe null > >>>12347772 mary null > >>>43210001 bob null > >>> > >>>Company Table > >>> > >>>ID name > >>>1234 Acme > >>>4321 Acme_Europe > >>> > >>>What I now need to do is create an update statement that will match the > >>>customer to the company by substring(Customer.ID,1,4) to Company.ID > >>> > >>>I tried: > >>> > >>>update RemoteStation set Company_ID=Company.ID where > >>>substring(Company_ID,1,4) like Company.ID; > >>> > >>>But it didn't work. Any suggestions? > >>> > >>>Thanks for the help, > >>> > >>>Jeff > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >> > >>-- > >>MySQL General Mailing List > >>For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql > >>To unsubscribe: > >> > >> > >http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > >> > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > MySQL General Mailing List > For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql > To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
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