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error Msg 279, Level 16, State 3

when i run this query ......

update item set description=(select description from item where itemid=5384);

i get this error message...

Msg 279, Level 16, State 3, Line 1
The text, ntext, and image data types are invalid in this subquery or aggregate expression.

there is a lot of text in the description column of itemid 5384 (html coding) and i need to set all of the records in the table equal to it......
Dec 29 '07 #1
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mwasif
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Are you using MySQL Server and which version you are using?
Dec 30 '07 #2

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