Re: Trying to update data in a table - getting an error

2003-01-21 Thread Diana Soares
Hi, substr() doesn't exist in MySQL. Use substring(). UPDATE DocComms SET ItemHSCode = concat(substring( ItemHSCode, 1, 4 ), substring( ItemHSCode, 6, 2 ), substring( ItemHSCode, 9, 2 )) On Tue, 2003-01-21 at 15:34, Don wrote: > Hi, > RESENT DFUE TO TYPO > > I want to change a field in a tab

Re: Trying to update data in a table - getting an error

2003-01-21 Thread Roger Baklund
* Don > I want to change a field in a table. Currently the data is in > theformat --> > 4818.50.00 > I want to remove the decimal points so that it is like --> 48185000 > I tried the sql code below but am getting a syntax error. Can someone > please point out the error of my ways? > > UPDATE DocC

Trying to update data in a table - getting an error

2003-01-21 Thread Don
Hi, RESENT DFUE TO TYPO I want to change a field in a table. Currently the data is in theformat --> 4818.50.00 I want to remove the decimal points so that it is like --> 48185000 I tried the sql code below but am getting a syntax error. Can someone please point out the error of my ways? UPDATE

Trying to update data in a table - getting an error

2003-01-21 Thread Don
Hi, I want to change a field in a table. Currently the data is in the format --> 4818.50.00 I want to remove the decimal points so that it is like --> 4818.50.00 I tried the sql code below but am getting a syntax error. Can someone please point out the error of my ways? UPDATE DocComms SET Item