Updating one table with another

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1998


It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 21956
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texte = I receive a database containing subjective size values for various inventory items. I need to convert these subjective values into quantitative values so I can do math based searches throughout the rest of the site. I have a second database that contains the quantitative values for each of the different categories. What technique would I use to compare these two databases and then write out a fresh fully quantified database?Subjective database Category Item_1 Item_2 A short medium B medium short C medium longQuantitative Reference database Category Short Medium Long A 20 24 26 B 6 8 10 C 36 42 60Final desired Quantified database Category Item_1 Item_2 A 20 24 B 8 6 C 42 60Thanks for all the help (as always) Marty Schmid Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
  1. Updating one table with another (Marty Schmid 1998)
I receive a database containing subjective size values for various inventory items. I need to convert these subjective values into quantitative values so I can do math based searches throughout the rest of the site. I have a second database that contains the quantitative values for each of the different categories. What technique would I use to compare these two databases and then write out a fresh fully quantified database?Subjective database Category Item_1 Item_2 A short medium B medium short C medium longQuantitative Reference database Category Short Medium Long A 20 24 26 B 6 8 10 C 36 42 60Final desired Quantified database Category Item_1 Item_2 A 20 24 B 8 6 C 42 60Thanks for all the help (as always) Marty Schmid Marty Schmid

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