Update query against InfoPath form data

Hi,
We are using SharePoint Enterprise 2010, and have set up a series of InfoPath forms to manage various aspects of the projects we run (request forms, change control, toll gating, status reports, etc). The forms are all created in InfoPath and save the
data to form libraries on SharePoint.
We are in the process of revamping the status report. The fields for Accomplishments, Planned Activities, Risks and Dependencies were origianally set up as plain text. We are moving to a bullted field for each. My concern is that once we
add the new fields to the published form, the old ones will disappear fom view. So if we pull up an older status report, the information wont be available to view.
Is there any way to write an update query against this form data? Supposed I add a new bulleted field for "Accomplishments_NEW" and change the existing field to "Accomplishments_OLD". If I were working with in Access, it would
be a simple update query where the field selected would be "Accomplishments_NEW" and the update value would be "Accomplishments_OLD". I have actually tried this through Access but we only seem to be able to read this data through
Access, not write to it.
Is there any way to make such a change on the SharePoint side?
Dennis

Yes.
The approach is to add two fields:
- Accomplishments_v2 and Accomplishments_v1_Loaded (true/false)
when the form loads, if _v1_Loaded is false, migrate the data from the old field into _v2, and then set _v1_loaded = true
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