>>>>I have a table that is indexec on location. I want to replace the data in 2 of the fields with data from another table that is also indexed on location. Can I use the replace command for this or must I write some sort of procedure to do this. thanks for the help.
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>>>Maybe I misunderstand you ... When you replace data in some tables you still use index tags of this table, so all new data will be sorted automatically while 'replacing'.
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>>The problem I am having is that when I do the replace command, All of the records in the table get replaced with the first value in the other table. When what I need to do is match the locations and when they match replace one field for the matching location. i am not sure if this is any clearer.
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>I see you could use old UPDATE command:
>SELECT table1
>UPDATE on location From table2 Replace field1 with table2.field1, ;
>field2 with table2.field2
That update command is not in the manuel, and it is burried in the on line help. I also needed to use the random tag on the end. Thanks for the help.
Bob Sides
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