RE: SQL UPDATE which field to SET? -- MIDRANGE-L

Subject: RE: SQL UPDATE which field to SET?
From: Michael_Schutte@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Wed, 31 Mar 2010 08:25:14 -0400
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update file set fld1 = (case fld1 when '.' then ' ' else fld1 end) ,
fld2 = (case fld2 when '.' then ' ' else fld2 end) , etc

this will do an update on every record in the table for every field, but
only when field equals '.' will it actually change.

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Michael Schutte
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