>Hi,
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>I want to add to the UPDATE command (used with SQL Server) an expression that would be included only if the table has a certain field/column. For example, in VFP I would probably do it as following:
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>cUpdateCommand = "UPDATE " + cTableName + " SET FieldName = " + cNewValue + " WHERE FieldName = " + cOldValue + ;
> IIF( FSIZE('FieldB') > 0 ," AND FieldB = " + SomeValue, "")
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>How do you change the above to make it work for SQL Server?
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>TIA.
Can you clarify your question? Do you want to create UPDATE statement but don't know the structure of the table in advance?
Take a lot at INFORMATION_SCHEMA.Columns view to check if the table has column or alternatively into sys.columns.
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