Re: SQL Update Table

[Dave Mahadevan <mahadevan@xxxxxxxx>]

Christina:

You try this and you will get SQL0150.  View or logical file x in y read-only 
:-(

Christina Gonzalez wrote:

>      Couldn't you create a view joining the two tables together (if like
>      fields exist??) and then execute an update statement?  Perhaps it is
>      worth trying.
>
>      Let me know if it works.
>
>      Chris Gonzalez
>
> ______________________________ Reply Separator 
>_________________________________
> Subject: Re: SQL Update Table
> Author:  Dave Mahadevan <mahadevan@fuse.net> at smtp-post-office
> Date:    11/19/97 4:55 PM
>
> Michael:
>
> Short answer is no.  However, IBM has big plans in V4R2 or something for 
>this. I
> guess same time as RUNSQLSTM allows select clauses.  AS/400 SQL is much more
> advanced than Microsoft SQL which allows such nonsense :-)
>
> Michael Kenney wrote:
>
> >   Does anyone know if it is possible to UPDATE   a field in one table with
> > a value from second table .
> >
> > TABLEA(MANY)   to  TABLEB(ONE)
> > TRANSNO
> > CUSNOA       CUSNOB
> > ATEXTDATA              BTEXTDATA
> >
> > I have an 30 byte text field(ATEXTDATA)  and a Numeric Customer# (CUSNOA)
> > in    TABLEA.
> > I want to update the ATEXTDATA with some information(BTEXTDATA)  from
> > TABLEB. (CUSNOB) is the  if the KEY.
>
> ---

Thank You.

Regards

Dave Mahadevan.. mailto:mahadevan@fuse.net


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