You are correct, that was my problem

Thanks a bunch
Jon

>Hi Jon
>
>In your select query you are using like. In your update you used =. Just in case you missed it, the % at the end of m.cSelectedJob would make the update fail.
>You added the dbo schema to your select query, but not to the update query. If the default schema is not dbo, and the default schema has a MasterCostCodeList, your update would not happen in dbo. I'd include dbo in the update query too.
>
>Glad to see you're passing parameters via ? as it goes a long way toward preventing SQL Injection Attacks.
>
>UPDATE dbo.MasterCostCodeList SET Active = 1 where level1 = ?m.cSelectedJob
>
>
>>I'm messing around with "SQL Pass-Through" and I'm able to pull data pretty easily but how would I UPDATE data in a SQL Server 2000 table using SQL Pass-Through?
>>
>>here is my select statement, which works well.
>>
>>

>>m.nConnectionHandle = SQLCONNECT('TimeClockPlusTest')
>>m.cSelectedJob = '16536%'
>>
>>TEXT TO lcCmd NOSHOW PRETEXT 15
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>>select CostRecordId, Level1, Active from dbo.MasterCostCodeList  where level1 like ?m.cSelectedJob
>>
>>ENDTEXT
>>
>>=SQLEXEC(m.nConnectionHandle,lcCmd,'CostCodeInfo')
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>>=SQLDISCONNECT(m.nConnectionHandle)
>>

>>
>>What I'd like to update
>>

>UPDATE MasterCostCodeList SET Active = 1 where level1 = ?m.cSelectedJob
>>