Thank you. Now, can you show us sample data from your tables before this query is run?
RobR -----Original Message----- From: sqlite-users-boun...@sqlite.org [mailto:sqlite-users-boun...@sqlite.org] On Behalf Of dean gwilliam Sent: Monday, October 07, 2013 10:45 AM To: sqlite-users@sqlite.org Subject: Re: [sqlite] updating using a value from another table Simon, Rob Thanks very much for your responses. I downloaded and used the shell...it gives the same results i.e. the first std_itm fld in aliases irrespective of what the value of raw_fld is in itms SQLite version 3.8.0.2 2013-09-03 17:11:13 Enter ".help" for instructions Enter SQL statements terminated with a ";" sqlite> UPDATE itms SET std_nm=(SELECT std_nm FROM aliases as x WHERE raw_nm = x .raw_nm); sqlite> select std_nm from itms limit 10 ...> ; sales sales sales sales sales sales sales sales sales sales sqlite> _______________________________________________ sqlite-users mailing list sqlite-users@sqlite.org http://sqlite.org:8080/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sqlite-users _______________________________________________ sqlite-users mailing list sqlite-users@sqlite.org http://sqlite.org:8080/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sqlite-users