Question

I have a table called Bowzer which has a column called Type.

When I try to run this query, SSMS does not recognize the column Type.

Here is my query

update Bowzer
set inserted_by = ISNULL(inserted_by, 'Auto')
where (bowzer_id = 8 and inserted_by is null and type='CRUDE')

Here it does not recognize the column Type and gives an error

Invalid Column Name Type

Is this column name Type not allowed?

Also, I want to check if the Inserted_By column is null then replace it with a value Auto

How do i do that?

EDIT – 1 DDL To the Table Bowzer

CREATE TABLE [dbo].[Bowzer](
    [bowzer_id] [numeric](18, 0) IDENTITY(1,1) NOT NULL,
    [bowzer_no] [nvarchar](20) NULL,
    [quantity] [numeric](18, 0) NULL,
    [dip1] [numeric](18, 0) NULL,
    [Cmpt_Capacity1] [numeric](5, 0) NULL,
    [dip2] [numeric](18, 0) NULL,
    [Cmpt_Capacity2] [numeric](5, 0) NULL,
    [dip3] [numeric](18, 0) NULL,
    [Cmpt_Capacity3] [numeric](5, 0) NULL,
    [dip4] [numeric](18, 0) NULL,
    [Cmpt_Capacity4] [numeric](5, 0) NULL,
    [dip5] [numeric](18, 0) NULL,
    [Cmpt_Capacity5] [numeric](5, 0) NULL,
    [expiry_date] [datetime] NOT NULL,
    [status] [bit] NOT NULL,
    [inserted_on] [datetime] NULL,
    [inserted_by] [nvarchar](20) NULL,
    [Type] [nvarchar](50) NULL,
 CONSTRAINT [PK_Bowzer] PRIMARY KEY CLUSTERED 
(
    [bowzer_id] ASC
)WITH (PAD_INDEX  = OFF, STATISTICS_NORECOMPUTE  = OFF, IGNORE_DUP_KEY = OFF, ALLOW_ROW_LOCKS  = ON, ALLOW_PAGE_LOCKS  = ON) ON [PRIMARY]
) ON [PRIMARY]

GO

Answer 1

try this

update Bowzer
set inserted_by = ISNULL(inserted_by, 'Auto')
where (bowzer_id = 8 and inserted_by is null and [type]='CRUDE')