Replacing one field with another and retaining/transferring the data - possible?

[Rob]

I'm sure this sounds like a stupid question, but I'd like to replace a number of fields that make up part of a repeater with different fields that are of the same type, but without losing the data they contain.

To put it another another way, I want to swap field X for field Y on a template, and then for each page that uses that template, the data that was in field X be copied into field Y.

I feel fairly confident that this is going to be a complete pain or simply not possible!

[Soma]

What field type are they? X and Y?

I don't see any problems doing so what you're saying. Add the fields to the repeater, loop the repeater and assign values from one to the other field and save them.

[ryan]

I agree with Soma, it sounds very doable to me. Let us know if you run into any specific problems as you go. 

[Rob]

Ah....I think I just had a lightbulb moment.

So you're saying that the easiest thing would be to iterate the repeater pages (under admin) therefore avoiding the issue of having to iterate the parent pages themselves filtered by those using the repeater.

I'll give it a try!