Select/Update on same table data

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Select/Update on same table data

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meemo
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Posted - 2011-11-15 : 16:51:53

Silly question, but I couldn't figure it out really.

I basically need to just resave all the data in 1 column in 1 table on the same DB in order to fix data.

So, for example, if my table is: People
And my column is: Company
And my table has this data:

ID Company
1 abc
2 def
3 ghi
4 jkl
5 mno

I want to get each row, and save it again, one after another in a select/update query.

I did some research but didn't find a suitable answer. Please help.

tkizer
Almighty SQL Goddess

38200 Posts

Posted - 2011-11-15 : 17:03:43

It is pointless to do this if you are saving the same data.

UPDATE Table1 SET Column1 = Column1, Column2 = Column2

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meemo
Starting Member

9 Posts

Posted - 2011-11-15 : 17:21:01

Thanks but re-saving existing data was necessary to fix encoding issues through a different underlying platform than the previous one.

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