It’s pretty common to want to update a column (or several columns) in one table with the value(s) from another table. Here is how to do it: UPDATE Table SET Table.col1 = other_table.col1, Table.col2 = other_table.col2 FROM Table INNER JOIN other_table ON Table.id = other_table.id WHERE … The structure of this syntax is always something…
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PowerBuilder ‘Gotcha’ – Quoted Identifiers
Be careful when developing against any database which supports quoted identifiers (I know, who doesn’t)? Anyway it is real easy to forget and ‘turn off’ this option on your local db (or your development connection) and end up releasing a bug by a simple SQL alteration like this: –Original SQL SELECT partNo , partDesc FROM…
PowerBuilder – Single user sign on verification for SQL Anywhere
This method is used with a SQL Anywhere database to ensure that any given user can only sign on the application once. It uses the connection_property function so make sure you either give the users permission to execute this or set up a separate connection which uses an id which has the permissions. There are…
