On 2/9/2012 8:18 AM, Michael Dykman wrote:
> untested:
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> update .... set mydate = IF(mydate = '0000-00-00', now(), mydate)
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> - michael dykman
>
Thank you very much !
bill
> On Thu, Feb 9, 2012 at 8:14 AM, william drescher
> <william@stripped> wrote:
>> I want to update a date field in a record. if the date in the field is
>> 0000-00-00 I want to change it to the current date. I would appreciate
>> suggestions or links on how to do this.
>>
>> Yup, tried reading the manual, but need a bit of help.
>> I will be updating another field at the same time.
>>
>> bill
>>
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