Hi,

> UPDATE ACTIONS U
> SET U.SERVED = U.SERVED / 7
> WHERE U.TICKET_REF IN
> ( SELECT A.TICKET_REF FROM ACTIONS A
> GROUP BY A.TICKET_REF
> HAVING COUNT(A.TICKET_REF) = 7 )
>
> Is simple enough, hopefully you can see where I am going ( I
> want to run it for 6 down to 2 as well ;) ), and I'm not too
> concerned about the time it takes - except after 3 hours it
> had not finished!

Could you show us your PLAN please.

And in fact don't you want to do this then instead of running 6 queries :

UPDATE
ACTIONS U
SET
U.SERVED = U.SERVED /
(SELECT Count(*) FROM ACTIONS A WHERE A.TICKET_REF = U.TICKET_REF)

?

Regards,
Arno Brinkman
ABVisie

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