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Old March 26th, 2004, 03:21 PM
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updating column

hi all ,

I am trying to update a column in a sql server database based on the values of another column in the database the query i use is as follows

update Service
set Service1=
(select subString(Service1,charindex('/',Service1)+1,
len(Service1)) from Service)



but i keep getting the following error

Server: Msg 512, Level 16, State 1, Line 1
Subquery returned more than 1 value. This is not permitted when the subquery follows =, !=, <, <= , >, >= or when the subquery is used as an expression.
The statement has been terminated.

could anyone please help me out.

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you don't need a subquery for that

update Service
set Service1= subString(Service1,charindex('/',Service1)+1,len(Service1))
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