Existing table. Insert new Column with Data
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Written by Kembreg
10 months ago Category: General 19 posts since Tue, 22 Jun 10 |
Hi. I have an existing table with 70 columns. (Phrases in 70 different languages). I would like to add a new column with data. (Phrases in Punjabi). The phrases must of course load in the proper place based on an index. I am at a loss how to do this in Heid SQL. As a side note: My server will not allow me to use the "Load Data File" function. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Regards, David |
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Written by ansgar
10 months ago 4029 posts since Fri, 07 Apr 06 |
Try out the data tab on that table? |
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Written by Kembreg
10 months ago 19 posts since Tue, 22 Jun 10 |
Anse, I probably did not explain myself properly. I have about 700 phrases to add to the new column. Cannot do it by manual entry. Looking for a way to import a text file. My suggestion: ============= The text could have 2 fields. The first field would be the key and the second, the data. That way, a new column can be uplodaded into a table. Is there a better way? David |
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Written by jfalch
10 months ago 241 posts since Sat, 17 Oct 09 |
if you have text lines of the format key,data you can transform these by simple text editor search-and-replace (or a very simple program) to UPDATE tablename SET new_column="data" WHERE keyfield=key; then store the result as an .sql file and execute it against your database. |
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Written by upl8t
10 months ago 4 posts since Tue, 28 Aug 12 |
excel works great for doing these kinds of updates. Use the concatenate function to create the sql query. Don't forget to add a ; at the end of each line. copy the rows of sql you create in excel and paste into a query and run |
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