Re: SQL TRANSLATE

No, the original form should work...

The "correlated subquery" has access to the data (by row) from the outer
statement.

That's how the where substr(a.cola,1,2) = x.fedcode works it's magic.

http://www-01.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/ssw_ibm_i_61/sqlp/rbafyexsub4.htm?lang=en

Charles


On Fri, Jun 27, 2014 at 3:42 PM, Dave <dfx1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Thanks. I think that should be :

update tbla A
set a.colb = (select x.RegionCode concat substr(a.colA,3,5)
from xref X, tbla A
where substr(a.cola,1,2) = x.FedCode
)

Will have to wait til Monday to see if it works. Looks like it would be
possible with Translate but even more unreadable.


2014-06-27 19:50 GMT+02:00 Charles Wilt <charles.wilt@xxxxxxxxx>:

update tbla A
set a.colb = (select x.colb concat substr(a.colA,3,5)
from xref X
where substr(a.cola,1,2) = x.FedCode
)

Charles


On Fri, Jun 27, 2014 at 12:46 PM, Dave <dfx1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Hi,

I think I have the right command, but not sure if it will do what I

want:

Existing Column A : AABBBBB
New Column B : CCCCCBBBBB


Column A is 7 characters composed of a federation code (2A) and an

agency

code (5A). This will now be replaced by column B of 10 characters

which

will have region code (5A) and the same agency code. I can create a

table

containing the federation code and the region code that will replace

it.

What I need now is to use UPDATE with TRANSLATE to copy column A to

column

B while replacing the federation code with the region code and
concatenating with the agency code.

Anyone ?!
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