--- RB Smissaert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Trying to update my yyyymmdd integers to months with a SELECT CASE > statement: > > SELECT CASE > (CAST(DATE_OF_BIRTH / 100 AS INTEGER) - CAST(DATE_OF_BIRTH / 10000 AS > INTEGER) * 100) > WHEN 1 THEN UPDATE A2IDC21_J SET DATE_OF_BIRTH = 'January' > WHEN 2 THEN UPDATE A2IDC21_J SET DATE_OF_BIRTH = 'February' > WHEN 3 THEN UPDATE A2IDC21_J SET DATE_OF_BIRTH = 'March' > WHEN 4 THEN UPDATE A2IDC21_J SET DATE_OF_BIRTH = 'April' > WHEN 5 THEN UPDATE A2IDC21_J SET DATE_OF_BIRTH = 'May' > WHEN 6 THEN UPDATE A2IDC21_J SET DATE_OF_BIRTH = 'June' > WHEN 7 THEN UPDATE A2IDC21_J SET DATE_OF_BIRTH = 'July' > WHEN 8 THEN UPDATE A2IDC21_J SET DATE_OF_BIRTH = 'August' > WHEN 9 THEN UPDATE A2IDC21_J SET DATE_OF_BIRTH = 'September' > WHEN 10 THEN UPDATE A2IDC21_J SET DATE_OF_BIRTH = 'October' > WHEN 11 THEN UPDATE A2IDC21_J SET DATE_OF_BIRTH = 'November' > WHEN 12 THEN UPDATE A2IDC21_J SET DATE_OF_BIRTH = 'December' > END > FROM A2IDC21_J > > But no updates take place.
SQL error: near "UPDATE": syntax error Does the environment you run in return error codes? You can't perform an UPDATE in a WHEN sub-clause. UPDATE TABLE1 SET FOO = (CASE ...whatever... END) > Thanks for any advice. > > RBS ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a PS3 game guru. Get your game face on with the latest PS3 news and previews at Yahoo! Games. http://videogames.yahoo.com/platform?platform=120121 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
