Update Query

I have two tables, Employee and Gaptable. In the employee table I have a SSN
field (social security number) a UPI field (unique personal Id numer) I want
to update the UPI field in the Gaptable where the SNN field matchs from both
tablle. How would I write the query for this? I hope it is clear enough.

if i am understanding you, it should be a basic Update query. Here is
the SQL:

UPDATE Employee INNER JOIN Gaptable ON Employee.SSN = Gaptable.SSN SET
Gaptable.UPI = Employee.UPI;



Note I assumed the field names were SSN and UPI in both tables. you
may need to modify accordingly...


Just a side note, it is often preferred to name your names to start
with "tbl", so they standout a little more in queries etc.

i.e. tblEmployee, tblGap, etc

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Try this --
UPDATE Employee, Gaptable SET Gaptable.UPI = [Employee].[UPI]
WHERE (((Gaptable.SSN)=[Employee].[SSN]));

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Build a little, test a little.


"Marc" wrote:

I have two tables, Employee and Gaptable. In the employee table I have a SSN
field (social security number) a UPI field (unique personal Id numer) I want
to update the UPI field in the Gaptable where the SNN field matchs from both
tablle. How would I write the query for this? I hope it is clear enough.