"Hkgirlygirl" <hkgirlygirl_at_aol.com> wrote in message
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> I have a table called OBJTABLE with two columns,
> ID number(10)
> OBJECTCODE VARCHAR(200)
>
> and I would like to update a portion of the OBJECTCODE field
>
> e.g. one row in the OBJECTCODE column value is
> '00A BCD'
> and I like to update col 4-6 with a value
>
> But when I execute the following SQL I got ORA-00927 MIISSIING EQUAL SIGN
>
> Update OBJTABLE set substr(OBJECTCODE,4,3) = '123'
> where substr(OBJECTCODE,1,3) = '00A'
>
> I am using Oracle8i.
>
> Have anyone come across a way to update portion of the varchar data type?
> Thanks in advance for your help!
>
Martin and Norman have answered your specific question. But I suggest that
you need to revisit the design here.
If you need to update positions 4 to 6, it sounds like it's a separate
attribute.
Do you need to decompose?
Regards,
Paul
Received on Thu Nov 28 2002 - 15:42:13 CST
