June 28, 2011 at 3:18 pm
Hi:
I have this query (below). MaterialDesc is the fieldname, and I want to append data to the value. I'm certain I have not selected the value right, and this may be all the help I need. Of course maybe there is something else obvious, or a better way to do this.
Than ks in advance for any help you can provide!
UPDATE
SELECT TOP (2000) gauge, material, materialNum, materialDesc, Type
FROM Material_VendorSourced
WHERE (materialDesc LIKE 'SHT ALZ%')
Material_VendorSourced set materialDesc = replace (MaterialDesc, MaterialDesc, MaterialDesc + ' ASTM A463')
June 28, 2011 at 3:23 pm
steve.anderson 7639 (6/28/2011)
Hi:I have this query (below). MaterialDesc is the fieldname, and I want to append data to the value. I'm certain I have not selected the value right, and this may be all the help I need. Of course maybe there is something else obvious, or a better way to do this.
Than ks in advance for any help you can provide!
UPDATE
SELECT TOP (2000) gauge, material, materialNum, materialDesc, Type
FROM Material_VendorSourced
WHERE (materialDesc LIKE 'SHT ALZ%')
Material_VendorSourced set materialDesc = replace (MaterialDesc, MaterialDesc, MaterialDesc + ' ASTM A463')
You seem to be on the right track but a few things are slightly out of place.
Update Material_VendorSourced set materialDesc = MaterialDesc + ' ASTM A463'
where materialDesc LIKE 'SHT ALZ%'
Not sure what your top 2000 was. Are you trying to only update 2,000 records that meet the where clause. If so you would need to know what the top 2,000 records are by adding an order by clause.
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June 28, 2011 at 3:29 pm
Thanks!
June 29, 2011 at 10:08 am
Joe, I suspect the OP won't find your post very useful.
Nor do I, indeed.
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June 29, 2011 at 10:56 am
CELKO (6/29/2011)
As usual, your real problems are conceptual, not coding.
"As usual?"
This is extremely unhelpful. You do realize that this poster is a newbie in the forums, yes? Or do you not look at rankings and number of posts before you decide to make your assumptions?
It almost seems like you want to chase people away from the SSC forums. Remember, these forums that are meant to help those who need answers and don't always know what we know or agree with the things that we believe. High-handed comments like this are unnecessary and certainly won't make the people you're conversing with willing to listen to your point of view.
It might help if you switch from the "beat them with the stick" to the "encourage them with the carrot" approach. People might be more willing to listen to your point of view if you give them a reason to other than "I told you you're wrong."
June 29, 2011 at 10:59 am
Sean Lange (6/28/2011)
Not sure what your top 2000 was. Are you trying to only update 2,000 records that meet the where clause. If so you would need to know what the top 2,000 records are by adding an order by clause.
I agree with Sean. It seems as if you're trying to do 2 different things at once. Could you give us some sample data pre-Update and post-Update (tell us which is which) so we can see what you're trying to achieve?
Put it in DDL format, please, such as Insert statements, and a Create Table statement that we can use for testing to assist you.
June 29, 2011 at 11:06 am
I appreciate all of your replies. This is all good stuff, and yes I am relatively new to direct SQL statements vs .NET development in SQL. I am also one to appreciate ISO standards, best practices, etc. so I will study these things at a later time.
Thanks.
June 29, 2011 at 11:17 am
Don't get too hung up on it. Joe is a really smart guy but he admits his online personality is intentionally arrogant. He hits that nail on the head with just about every post. If you filter through all the history, insults about how you name things, and the way you think, he pretty much posted the exact same update statement I did. His intentions are good but the method he uses is often very obtuse and pretty rude.
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June 29, 2011 at 11:19 am
steve.anderson 7639 (6/29/2011)
I appreciate all of your replies. This is all good stuff, and yes I am relatively new to direct SQL statements vs .NET development in SQL. I am also one to appreciate ISO standards, best practices, etc. so I will study these things at a later time.Thanks.
Sounds good. Just don't take anythink Celko says too seriously. He has issues with anything that violates "my way or the highway" theories that are important to his personal income. (He writes books on the standards. Nobody would buy them if they didn't feel the need to follow the specific standards he writes books on. Hence, not doing it his way = less books sold = less $ for Joe.)
Establishing and following standards matters. But Joe goes overboard on pushing it, for financial reasons so far as I can tell.
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June 29, 2011 at 6:58 pm
CELKO (6/29/2011)
You also have no idea what ISO-11179 naming rules for data elements are. {snip} In RDBMS, data elements are universal and need exact names
UPDATE Foobar
SET a = b, b = a;
In ANSI/ISO Standard SQL, you can use row constructors to say things like:
UPDATE Foobar
SET (a, b)
= (SELECT x, y
FROM Floob AS F1
WHERE F1.keycol= Foobar.keycol);
It would really be nice if you practiced what you preach. And give up on the childish "Foobar" name... it's not even spelled correctly. 😉
--Jeff Moden
June 30, 2011 at 12:22 pm
CELKO (6/29/2011)
Do you often update things at random? Does your boss know?
I don't care who ya are, that's funny right there. 😀
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June 30, 2011 at 11:41 pm
Jeff Moden (6/29/2011)
... it's not even spelled correctly.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foobar
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July 1, 2011 at 4:48 am
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Jeff Moden (6/29/2011)
... it's not even spelled correctly.
Thanks, Paul. I was wondering why Jeff was saying that, but I forgot about the real fubar acronym.
July 1, 2011 at 7:24 am
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Jeff Moden (6/29/2011)
... it's not even spelled correctly.Thanks, Paul. I was wondering why Jeff was saying that, but I forgot about the real fubar acronym.
You don't even want to know the real origin of "dog'n'pony show". 😉
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July 1, 2011 at 7:32 am
Well...This is pretty much what I always thought it originated from.
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