Re: [SQL] Why wont this update work?

Well "language" is an SQL reserved word. In Postgres it is a
non-reserved key word, so it's probably not the problem but it may be
worth seeing if changing the field name helps.

Robert Chalmers wrote:
>
> Hi,
> trying to get this to work with pgsql, but it refuses to do anything...
>
> the table is called catalog. The field is called language and is a
> varchar(3) field.
> 81 of the records have the letter 'E' in the language field. i want to
> put 'NoD' in the rest.
>
> UPDATE catalog
> SET language = 'NoD'
> WHERE NOT language = 'E';
>
> nor does
>
> UPDATE catalog
> SET language = 'NoD'
> WHERE language = 'NULL'; ........ or NULL and so on.
>
> I can change the 81 letter 'E's to anything I like, but can not UPDATE the
> blank fields..
>
> can anyone tell me what I am missing here please?
>
> Thanks
> Bob
>
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