Re: replace/insert into ... 150,000 -plus rows

2001-08-24 Thread Network
- Original Message - From: "Jeremy Zawodny" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Network" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, August 22, 2001 3:08 AM Subject: Re: replace/insert into ... 150,000 -plus rows > > > I

Re: replace/insert into ... 150,000 -plus rows

2001-08-22 Thread David Turner
> > Besides that theoretical stuff, though, the real problem is that > INSERT is for inserting new records into a database table. What > you're trying to do is UPDATE existing records with new data. And > there's no INSERT ... SELECT counterpart in the UPDATE syntax. What about replace? repla

Re: replace/insert into ... 150,000 -plus rows

2001-08-21 Thread Jeremy Zawodny
On Mon, Aug 20, 2001 at 11:38:57PM -0400, Network wrote: > The problem= The 'addy1' column or field (in attdata) is tainted > with incorrect data entries ... e.g. 'addy1' should only have > addresses stored however, some bright person(s) have managed to > input company names in the address/addy1