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  3. June 2007

SQL Update for part of a field.

Ok SQL gurus,

I have a field that is very long, but I only want to update a part of the
field. The statment I have is this;

update libname/filename
set substr(fieldname,2,3) = '225'
where substr(fieldname,1,1) in ('5', '8')

The error says.

Token ( was not valid. Valid tokens: =.

Can you use UPDATE to set a portion of a field and leave the rest of the
field alone?

Thanks!


Jim Essinger

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