Posted by David Portas on 03/21/07 22:52

On 21 Mar, 21:48, ebade2...@gmail.com wrote:
> I have two tables (T1 and T2). In T1 I have a field FT1 that is a
> primary key in T2 I have a field FT2 that is a foreign key linked to
> FT1. These fields have been populated with data. Lets say that in one
> row of data I have in T1 under FT1 "my cell" as the data entry,
> similarly with T2 under FT2 I have 2 rows of data that also have "my
> cell" as the data entry. What is the best line of action is I wanted
> to change "my cell" to "my data"?

-- Method 1.
INSERT INTO T1 (FT1) VALUES ('MY DATA');
UPDATE T2 SET FT2 = 'MY DATA' WHERE FT2 = 'MY CELL';
DELETE FROM T1 WHERE FT1 = 'MY CELL';

-- Method 2.
ALTER TABLE T2 ADD CONSTRAINT fk_t2_t1
FOREIGN KEY (ft2) REFERENCES T1 (FT1) ON UPDATE CASCADE;
UPDATE T1 SET FT1 = 'MY DATA' WHERE FT1 = 'MY CELL';

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David Portas, SQL Server MVP

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Including CREATE TABLE and INSERT statements usually helps.
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