Jeff,
Are you looking for an update table syntax?
Example
Update tablename
Set FullName=Their Full Name where someotherfield=someother value;
Careful with this one. As if you omit the where clause it will update
every record!
-Original Message-
From: Jeffrey Ellis [mailto:[EMAIL
The following query adds NAME and ADDRESS (where the last name is
wrongly placed) and set ADDRESS to an empty string.
UPDATE tablename SET FullName=CONCAT(FullName,Address),Address=''
WHERE ID=the register id
Adolfo
On Sat, 2002-12-21 at 17:07, Jim Hankins wrote:
Jeff,
Are you looking for
Hi, Adolfo--
Thank you!
But I have two problems here...First, I (whoops!) don't have an id field. In
the program I use, you can only set a key field when you first create the
database. I would love to have an id field, but don't know how to create one
now. :(
The second is that the command will
CONCAT(FullName,' ',Address)
regarding the lack of an ID field, create a new table with all the
fields from the original table plus an ID field, auto_numeric, and
insert the registers from the old table to the new one. Then, use the
UPDATE on the new table.
Adolfo
On Sat, 2002-12-21 at 17:35,
Hi, Adolfo--
Thank you again!
However, the problem is, the table is linked to a file on the web. If I
create a new table with a different name the link wont work and no data will
be entered.
Is there a way to rename a table once you create it? Then, I could delete
the old table after I create
Look in the manual the ALTER TABLE command. I don't remember the syntax
but it can be done.
Adolfo
On Sat, 2002-12-21 at 18:56, Jeffrey Ellis wrote:
Hi, Adolfo--
Thank you again!
However, the problem is, the table is linked to a file on the web. If I
create a new table with a different
Thanks, Adolfo! I appreciate very much you taking the time to help me:)
All My Best,
Jeffrey
on 12/21/02 3:10 PM, Adolfo Bello at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Look in the manual the ALTER TABLE command. I don't remember the syntax
but it can be done.
Adolfo
On Sat, 2002-12-21 at 18:56,
