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From: Bryce Nesbitt <bryce1@obviously.com>
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Scott Marlowe wrote:
> If it's for the same rows in the same table, you're overworking it.
>
> update table set field1=field2 where somecondition;
>   
If it were for the same rows in the same table, I would not have asked.
This is for columns from two tables, whos relationship is only
meaningful after a join.
                                        -Bryce


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