I'm trying to copy 1 colunm to another in the same table.

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I'm trying to copy 1 colunm to another in the same table. I keep getting this error message.

Msg 207, Level 16, State 1, Line 2
Invalid column name 'saledate_mmddyyyy'

The code that I'm using is

SQL

UPDATE VISION_SALEHIST 
SET saledate_mmddyyyy = SALEDATE

What I have tried:

SQL

USE taxpayer
SELECT FORMAT(SALEDATE, 'MM/dd/yyyy', 'en-US') AS [MM/DD/YYYY]
FROM VISION_SALEHIST4;"

This code did not work either

Posted 28-Sep-20 3:52am

Chris Slinko

Updated 29-Sep-20 1:09am

Oshtri Deka

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ZurdoDev · Answer 1 · 2020-09-28T04:05:00

Solution 1

The error message is telling you that you do not have a column named "saledate_mmddyyy".

Double-check the name of your column.

Posted 28-Sep-20 4:05am

ZurdoDev

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Chris Slinko 28-Sep-20 10:25am

I exported the table to excel and I copied the name saledate_mmddyyyy and that seemed to work. Now I get the error message Msg 208, Level 16, State 1, Line 1
Invalid object name 'dbo.VISION_SALEHIST'. When I double click on the error it highlights the UPDATE VISION_SALEHIST.

ZurdoDev 28-Sep-20 10:31am

Same error. It does not know what dbo.VISION_SALEHIST is.