Re: HELP WITH UPDATE

Hai Pather,

Yes , you can update

See the following command
Update emp set empno ='99'||substr(empno,3,4) ;

Regards.
Sul.

• Original Message ----- From: Suhen Pather <pathers5_at_telkom.co.za> To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L <ORACLE-L_at_fatcity.com> Sent: Tuesday, July 25, 2000 14:54 PM Subject: HELP WITH UPDATE

Hi

I have a table called EMP

EMPNO           NAME                JOB
001                  Scott                  DBA
002                  Tiger                  DEV
003                   King                  MAN


......

0010                 Arthur                PROG

If I need to update the column EMPNO and change all the values in the beginning from 00 to 99.
So the table will look like

EMPNO           NAME                JOB
991                  Scott                  DBA
992                  Tiger                  DEV
993                   King                  MAN


......

9910                 Arthur                PROG

How can I update the table EMP's column EMPNO and change all the values from 00 to 99 in one go without doing each update manually.

TIA
$uhen

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