Question

I need to update a field (which is currently empty) based on a match with another table. This should be simple, but my syntax is wrong.

In SQLServer 2005, the syntax would be

UPDATE Facilities-NOID SET Facilities-NOID.ID = Facilities-ID.ID FROM Facilities-NOID, Facilities-ID WHERE [Facilities-ID].[Structure ID] = [Facilities-NOID].[Structure ID]; 

Access doesn’t like that FROM line, but if I leave it out, it wants each ID. This should be simple, but I’m not seeing it in the MS help on the Update syntax.

Answer 1

I think this is what you want:

UPDATE Facilities-NOID  INNER JOIN Facilities-ID ON Facilities-NOID.[Structure ID]      = Facilities-ID.[Structure ID] SET Facilities-NOID.ID= Facilities-ID.ID 

You are updating Facilities-NOID based on a match on Structure ID occurring in Facilities-ID.