Posted by David Portas on 03/30/06 22:30

ILCSP@NETZERO.NET wrote:
> Hello, I have the following query in Access 2000 that I need to convert
> to SQL 2000:
>
> UPDATE tblShoes, tblBoxes
> SET tblShoes.Laces1 = Null
> WHERE (((tblShoes.ShoesID)=Int([tblBoxes].[ShoesID])) AND
> ((tblBoxes.Code8)="A" Or (tblBoxes.Code8)="B"))
> WITH OWNERACCESS OPTION;
>
>
> The ShoesID in the tblShoes table is an autonumber, however the records
> in the tblBoxes have the ShoesID converted to text.
>

Try:

UPDATE tblShoes
SET laces1 = NULL
WHERE EXISTS
(SELECT *
FROM tblboxes AS B
WHERE CAST(B.shoesid AS INT) = tblShoes.shoesid
AND B.code8 IN ('A','B')) ;

(untested)

You can find the full syntax and examples of the UPDATE statement in
SQL Server Books Online.

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