Update with CASE statement

  • Oops again.:w00t:This time I didn't even read the objective correctly! for some reason I thought it was just to set all values of Gender to 'M'. Apologies to the question setter.


    Tony

  • Very good question. Also good way to show how values can be swapped. 🙂

  • Lokesh Vij (2/18/2013)


    For me the question was simple, clear and very basic. Thanks 🙂

    +1

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  • I, too caught on the (success OR failure), the collation-dependent field name, and the missed shorthand opportunity CASE Gender WHEN...

  • You can't answer a question of the type 'A or B? ' with TRUE or FALSE. Yet these are the only answers we can give.

    Clearly illogical.

  • Is it possible to insert values in only one column? Actually there are two columns in table they updating only one column what will happen to second

  • ramana3327 (4/19/2013)


    Is it possible to insert values in only one column? Actually there are two columns in table they updating only one column what will happen to second

    The other column was defined using the IDENTITY property. See http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms186775.aspx.


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  • The question wordings were little confusing to me. But scored 1 mark.

    Thanks.

  • I don't get the clue. Is it so easy ?

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