copying field x to field y for each record in table

2002-04-03 Thread Chuck Barnett
Hi, how do I do the following: I have a table I have added a new field to, I want to take field X and copy it to the new field for each record. What should this query look like? Thanks, Chuck - Before posting, please check:

RE: copying field x to field y for each record in table

2002-04-03 Thread Rick Emery
UPDATE mytable SET field1=field2; -Original Message- From: Chuck Barnett [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, April 03, 2002 10:10 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: copying field x to field y for each record in table Hi, how do I do the following: I have a table I have added a

Re: copying field x to field y for each record in table

2002-04-03 Thread Paul DuBois
At 10:10 -0600 4/3/02, Chuck Barnett wrote: Hi, how do I do the following: I have a table I have added a new field to, I want to take field X and copy it to the new field for each record. What should this query look like? Thanks, Chuck UPDATE tbl_name SET y = x;

Re: copying field x to field y for each record in table

2002-04-03 Thread Georg Richter
Am Mittwoch, 3. April 2002 18:10 schrieb Chuck Barnett: Hi, how do I do the following: I have a table I have added a new field to, I want to take field X and copy it to the new field for each record. What should this query look like? UPDATE yourtable set newfield=x Regards Georg

Re: copying field x to field y for each record in table

2002-04-03 Thread Victoria Reznichenko
Chuck, Wednesday, April 03, 2002, 7:10:16 PM, you wrote: CB Hi, how do I do the following: CB I have a table I have added a new field to, I want to take field X and copy CB it to the new field for each record. What should this query look like? UPDATE table_name SET y=x; CB Thanks, CB Chuck

Re: copying field x to field y for each record in table

2002-04-03 Thread Joseph Jude
update table set newfield = oldfield - Original Message - From: Chuck Barnett [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, April 03, 2002 6:10 PM Subject: copying field x to field y for each record in table Hi, how do I do the following: I have a table I have added a

Re: copying field x to field y for each record in table

2002-04-03 Thread Christopher Thompson
Note also that by doing this, your database will be denormalised. This may not be a big deal, however. On Wednesday 03 April 2002 9:55 am, you wrote: UPDATE mytable SET field1=field2; -Original Message- From: Chuck Barnett [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, April 03,