Base will only run SELECT statements that way. If you want to use other than SELECT the only way IIRC is to use Tools-SQL which opens "Execute SQL statement" but can only handle typed stuff, not stored queries. It is useful for one-off tasks such as merging two tables into one or doing a field update as you describe. On 4 October 2012 00:27, David S. Crampton <david_crampton@ie2b.com> wrote:
Register1a is a table with field "Trans-Date" of type TIMESTAMP. Field "Trans-Date-Year" is either TIMESTAMP or INTERGER. I have tried with both. Update "Register1a" Set "Register1a.Trans-Date-Year" = YEAR("Register1a.Trans-Date"); Looks like is should be a very simple SQL statement. It does absolutely nothing. The statement won't run with the F5 key (the "run" button). It gives "The given command is not a SELECT statement". I'm trying to apply SQL learned elsewhere, mostly in MicroBloat Access, and I'm getting nowhere. Help will be appreciated. David ----- -- David S. Crampton -- View this message in context: http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/Update-SQL-does-nothing-using-Run-SQL-directly-button-tp4010902.html Sent from the Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+help@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
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