While we're on the subject, a more complicated SQL question.

["Richard B Baird" <rbaird@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

all this SQL talk, and I come up with a doozie.

can you do a UPDATE to one file based on the contents of another file?
Something like this:

file1  (has all vendors)
 vend1
 code
 other
 stuff

file2  (only has selected vendors, not all)
 vend2
 newcode

now, I'm just guessing, to give you the idea of what I'm trying to do:

  update file1
     set code = (select newcode
                   from file1,
                        file2
                  where vend1 = vend2)

am I on the right track, or am I just p***ing in the wind?

thanks,

rick