Subject | Re: [firebird-support] Re: Update query using multiple tables |
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Author | Thomas Steinmaurer |
Post date | 2007-07-29T08:08:30Z |
Set,
just a quick reminder that your date/time of your emails is one month
ahead. ;-)
Thomas
just a quick reminder that your date/time of your emails is one month
ahead. ;-)
Thomas
>>The following query should do it.
>>
>>update regtmp rt
>>set rt.ccssid =
>>(
>>select rs.ccssid
>>from richselect rs
>>where rs.uscid = rt.uscid
>>);
>
>
> Right, but that query also updates all rows that are not in richselect
> at all, setting their ccssid to NULL. Often, the desired select is
> something like:
>
> update regtmp rt
> set rt.ccssid =
> (
> select rs.ccssid
> from richselect rs
> where rs.uscid = rt.uscid
> )
> where exists(select *
> from richselect rs2
> where rs2.uscid = rt.uscid)
>
> (the difference between these two queries would be visible if regtmp had
> a value for ccssid for uscid 002 before the update)
>
> Set