In SQL How do I copy values from one table to another based on another field's value?
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Okay I have two tables
VOUCHERT with the following fields
ACTIVATIONCODE
SERIALNUMBER
VOUCHERDATADBID
UNAVAILABLEAT
UNAVAILABLEOPERATORDBID
AVAILABLEAT
AVAILABLEOPERATORDBID
ACTIVATIONCODENEW
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DENOMINATION -- I added this column into the table.
and the second table is VOUCHERDATAT with the following fields
VOUCHERDATADBID
BATCHID
VALUE
CURRENCY
VOUCHERGROUP
EXPIRYDATE
AGENT
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What I want to do is copy the corresponding VALUE from VOUCHERDATAT and put it into DENOMINATION of VOUCHERT. The linking between the two is VOUCHERDATADBID. How do I go about it?
It is not a 1:1 mapping. What I mean is there may be 1000 SERIALNUMBERS with a same VOUCHERDATADBID. And that VOUCHERDATADBID has only entry in VOUCHERDATAT, hence one value. Therefore, all serial numbers belonging to a certain VOUCHERDATADBID will have the same value.
Will JOINS work? What type of JOIN should I use? Or is UPDATE table the way to go?
Thanks for the help !!
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