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Message #1 by "taherm@f... on Tue, 18 Sep 2001 12:51:55

i have 2 tables...

scenario

i have 2 tables namely categories and product

categories fields are

1)catid

2)catname



product table fields are

1) catid

2) catname

3) productname



in the category table all the data is feeded in. thats fine!!!



in the product table only catid and product name is feeded in.



i need to design a dts to check the catid of product table in categories 

table and pull the relevant catname from categories table and place it in 

the product table.

plz let me knwo of how to write an update query in the product table.



update product

set product.catname = ---dont know



where (select catname.category,catid.category,catname.product,catid.product

from  Category  JOIN product ON Category.CatID = product.CatID)





the above sql statement is fully wrong, but this is just a logic whih i 

ahve in my mind.



can anyone help me!!!

any suggestions.... will be greatly appreciated



thanks

Regards
Message #2 by "John P. Miller" <jpmiller@a...> on Tue, 18 Sep 2001 09:01:07 -0400
update product set product.catname = categories.catname where product.catid

= categories.catid





Should Work?



John Miller

jpmiller@a...





----- Original Message -----

From: <taherm@f...>

To: "ASP Web HowTo" <asp_web_howto@p...>

Sent: Tuesday, September 18, 2001 12:51 PM

Subject: [asp_web_howto] sql syntax problem





>

> i have 2 tables...

> scenario

> i have 2 tables namely categories and product

> categories fields are

> 1)catid

> 2)catname

>

> product table fields are

> 1) catid

> 2) catname

> 3) productname

>

> in the category table all the data is feeded in. thats fine!!!

>

> in the product table only catid and product name is feeded in.

>

> i need to design a dts to check the catid of product table in categories

> table and pull the relevant catname from categories table and place it in

> the product table.

> plz let me knwo of how to write an update query in the product table.

>

> update product

> set product.catname = ---dont know

>

> where (select

catname.category,catid.category,catname.product,catid.product

> from  Category  JOIN product ON Category.CatID = product.CatID)

>

>

> the above sql statement is fully wrong, but this is just a logic whih i

> ahve in my mind.

>

> can anyone help me!!!

> any suggestions.... will be greatly appreciated

>

> thanks

> Regards

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