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Hello,

There are 2 tables. consider ..

table A table B
--------------- --------------------------
col1 col2 col1 col2
aa 111 aa
bb 2222 bb
ccc 33 ccc 34


some of the values in the col2 are null. can u tell me how to write an update statement where we has to fill the null values with the col2 values from tableA to the tableB.. can you please reply with me as soon as possible...
Oct 9 '07 #1
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dewa81
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update tableb a set col2=(select col2 from tablea b where a.col1=b.col1)
and a.col2 is null
Oct 9 '07 #2

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