Swapping the columns in sql without using Update Statement.

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Hi is it possible to swap two columns of SQL without using Update Statement? My Table structure is as below.

sno A B C
1 2 3 1
2 Y Z X
3 Night Noon Day
4 Moon Mars Sun
5 100 200 50

Now i want to swap a to b, b to c and c to a.

How can i perform this without using update statement.

Posted 3-Sep-13 1:37am

ARUN K P

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Fredrik Bornander · Accepted Answer · 2013-09-03T01:46:00

Solution 1

Select into temp table in new order, truncate original table, drop temp table.

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select sno, c as a, a as b, b as c into #mytemptable from mytable
truncate table mytable
insert into mytable select * from #mytemptable
drop table #mytemptable

Hope this helps,
Fredrik

Posted 3-Sep-13 1:46am

Fredrik Bornander

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ARUN K P 3-Sep-13 7:53am

Yep it s working. thanks.

Fredrik Bornander 3-Sep-13 8:18am

Glad I could help.