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Use SQL*Plus to update a part of a string or value [message #375066]

Mon, 23 July 2001 10:06

Jalbah
Messages: 2
Registered: July 2001

Junior Member

I need to change the area codes for several records in an Oracle database. I tried the following:

update customer
set substr(phone,1,3) = "913"
where custID = '123456';

and I got an error saying that there was no "=" after substr. Anyone tell me the correct syntax, please?

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Re: Use SQL*Plus to update a part of a string or value [message #375103 is a reply to message #375066]

Thu, 26 July 2001 05:08

Jalbah
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Registered: July 2001

Junior Member

Thanks! That works great!

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