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Re: very quick question (really quick)

From: Jon Waterhouse <jonwaterhouse_at_gov.nf.ca>
Date: Tue, 2 Jul 2002 12:23:58 -0230
Message-ID: <3d21bf04@news.mhogaming.com>


update tableA set column=NULL where <condition> "feeBALL" <noone_at_free.com> wrote in message news:afsdbr$go4p2$1_at_ID-134160.news.dfncis.de...
> What is the command for deleting entries in a column (keeping the rest of
> the row) when that column matches a particular criteria?
>
> The following statement deletes the entire row:
> DELETE FROM TABLE_A
> WHERE ITEM = 'criteria';
>
> I tried this but obviously it did not work:
>
> DELETE COLUMN_A FROM TABLE_A
> WHERE ITEM = 'criteria';
>
> can someone help ?
>
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>
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Received on Tue Jul 02 2002 - 09:53:58 CDT

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