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                                         isheikh 
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                                             Posted - 2004-02-17 : 23:01:07
                                            
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                                            | hi,Is it possible to join two tables and update two tables in one sql statment. I am not sure about the syntax. I tried something like that butI get errorstr = " update customer_ad,customer_profile  set complexion ='" & complexion &  "',  education ='" & education & "'   where   profile_id=customer_id and customer_id = '" & profileid & "'"thanks  | 
                                             
                                         
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                                     mohdowais 
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                                            Posted - 2004-02-18 : 00:09:48
                                          
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                                          | No, you can only update one table in a JOIN. You will need to run the update twice, if necessary, using a temp table to store pre-update data.OS  | 
                                         
                                        
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