Subject Re: [Firebird-general] Silly SQL Server...
Author Alexandre Benson Smith
Kjell Rilbe wrote:
> Now, as far as I know FB doesn't support this update ... from syntax,
> but is there any other way that FB could end up mixing data from
> multiple records in this subtle way instead of throwing an exception?
>
> Kjell
>

Since you will need a sub-query like

update
M
set
M.FieldA = (select FieldA from D where ...),
M.FieldB = (select FieldB from D where ...)

you would get "multiple records" error, this kind of update requires a
single row returned

So I don't think you could get such mixing with FB.

see you !

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Alexandre Benson Smith
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