Write a sql statement to do the update.
Jim
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"daecc" <daecc96_at_yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> I have a table with 3 million records. The field "group" starts out
> null and I need to update it based on the combination of 7 other large
> text fields (I used 3 small fields for illustration purposes).
>
> rec_num field1 field2 field3 group
> ------- ------ ------ ------ -----
> 1 AA JJ XX 1
> 2 AA JJ XX 1
> 3 BB JJ XX 2
> 4 CC JJ XX 3
> 5 AA JJ XX 1
> 6 CC KK ZZ 4
> 7 CC KK ZZ 4
>
> The data is already loaded in the table and I must do an update. What
> would be the most time efficient way to accomplish this?
>
> Thanks!
Received on Mon Jan 20 2003 - 20:06:30 CST
