Append to a field in a database

[nikhil86]

Hey guys,
I am working on some ASP stuff, and I have an html table which displays records from a SQL table.There is one field for adding notes which i want to append to. Basically I have a textbox, in which if a user enters information, it should be appended to a field (rNotes) in my database table. Right now all i can get it to do is overwrite the current information as i'm using an UPDATE query. Any ideas?

[iburyak]

In update statement you should use:

Update table_name set
column_name = column_name + new_data
where .....

[gateshosting]

Hey guys,
I am working on some ASP stuff, and I have an html table which displays records from a SQL table.There is one field for adding notes which i want to append to. Basically I have a textbox, in which if a user enters information, it should be appended to a field (rNotes) in my database table. Right now all i can get it to do is overwrite the current information as i'm using an UPDATE query. Any ideas?

Personally, I would create a notes table, and add records. This way, you can also store things like date/time, user id, etc. You can then just display them in sequential order. I do this with ASP all the time. Just did it yesterday, as a matter of fact. The client loved it.

Good luck,

Michael C. Gates