From: Martijn Tonies
Date: January 12 2004 1:44pm
Subject: Re: metric conversions
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Hi,

> I recieve measurements for a product sometimes in inches, sometimes in
> centimeters.
>
> These are stored in table1
> int not null primary key, measurement1 int, measurement2 int, type
> varchar(255)
>
> I need to extract data from this table and store it in another table with
all
> measurements converted to inches.

You have a different problem here. If it's a single column
that holds both centimeters AND inches, depending on
another column value, then you have a design problem. Not
an SQL problem.

A column should only hold one value.

With regards,

Martijn Tonies
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