Re: [SQL] Query for block updates

2006-12-03 Thread Tom Lane
Amit Shah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I am using this query - alter table optiondata ALTER volume TYPE > numeric(20,4) > using cast(volume as numeric(20,4)); then wait for DB to complain, and then > update that value to null, and just keep doing this till all garbadge is > removed :-( You co

[SQL] Query for block updates

2006-12-03 Thread Amit Shah
Hi, If this question doesn't belong to this mailing list, please pardon. I have a table with a few hundred million rows, and I need to write a query that does something like follows -- Change all the values of a column to null where the value cannot be casted to numeric(20,4) I have it as var