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02-25-07, 00:02

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setting field value based on 2 other fields

Hello All,

I have a table with field_a, field_b, field_c where all of the fields are VARCHARs. Is there any way I can execute an update to set field_a to be equal to a combination of field_b and field_c?

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02-25-07, 05:38

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Code:

update daTable
   set field_a = concat(field_b,field_c)

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Great. Thanks!

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