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curvv

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IS-IT--Management
Jan 11, 2001
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Hi,

Say i've got in a table two records both with a name value of Joe. I want to update ONE of these records(doesn't matter which). Is it possible to have something like:

UPDATE ONCE mytable SET country='ZA' WHERE name='Joe'

thanx
Chris ######## CtN ########
 
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use the LIMIT statement

UPDATE mytable SET country='ZA' WHERE name='Joe' LIMIT 1
 
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