Question

I have a table with 4 columns.

Id  Description Barcode     Type
1   A01         L001        Loc
2   A02         L002        Loc
3   B01         L003        Loc
4   Root        L004        Parent
5   Emplacement L005        Parent
6   C01         L006        Loc
7   C02         L007        Loc

I want to make an UPDATE of the ‘Barcode’ column with the value in the ‘Description’ column where the Type column contains “Loc”.

I tried something like this:

UPDATE MyTable
SET Barcode=Description
WHERE Type='Loc'

It seems like I’m getting something wrong.

Answer 1

You need to quote Loc since it is a string

UPDATE MyTable
SET Barcode=Description
WHERE Type='Loc'