Re: SQL Update question

["R. Bruce Hoffman, Jr." <rbruceh@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Yup. V4R3 and up.

update filea_name a set a.field1 = select b.field2 from fileb_name b where
a.keyfield = b.keyfield

note: a and b are correlation names.

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R. Bruce Hoffman, Jr.
 -- IBM Certified AS/400 Professional System Administrator
 -- IBM Certified AS/400 Professional Network Administrator

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-----Original Message-----
From: mnang@morton.com <mnang@morton.com>
To: MIDRANGE-l@midrange.com <MIDRANGE-l@midrange.com>
Date: Tuesday, February 29, 2000 5:45 PM
Subject: SQL Update question


>
>
>is there a way to update a field in one physical file w/ the value of a
field
>from a different physcial file.  if there is a way,  what version of SQL do
you
>need to have?  how do you do it?
>
>thanks in advance,
>
>moses
>
>
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