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Your EXISTS clause has to query the same file your update subquery clause
does. In fact, they really ought to be identical (i.e. copy the update
subquery clause into the EXISTS subquery clause).
You have 2 different files now: SRCEXPIRE and XPIRESRCE.

HTH, Elvis

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-----Original Message-----
Subject: SQL and NULL

Is there a way to see if a field is null?

I am trying the following SQL script
UPDATE SRCMSTP B SET B.XTRAFLD07
= (SELECT A.EXPIREDATE
FROM AXSLIB/SRCEXPIRE A
WHERE A.XCATCD=B.LCATCD and A.EXPIREDATE <> ' ')
WHERE EXISTS
(SELECT * FROM AXSLIB/XPIRESRCE A
WHERE A.XCATCD=B.LCATCD and A.EXPIREDATE <> ' ')

but I get the response
Null values not allowed in column or variable XTRAFLD07.

Now, I have run a seperate SQL to blank the field XTRAFLD07 in ALL the
records, but I still get the same response
Anybody see whats wrong with my UPDATE?

Thanks in advance


Alan Shore



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