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  3. May 2010

Re: Selected lines now how do I update?

David FOXWELL wrote:
UPDATE MyRefTable SET OldCLIENT = NewCLIENT WHERE OldClient in (

WITH T AS ( SELECT NewCLIENT, OldCLIENT, FROM MyTable1 WHERE etc, etc ) SELECT * FROM MyRefTable JOIN T ON MyRefclient=OldCLIENT )

David, I think you might be making it too difficult. I think you should be able to do something like this:

Update MyRefTable r
Set oldclient = (Select t.newclient from MyTable1 t where r.oldclient=t.oldclient)
Where exists (Select t.newclient from MyTable1 t where r.oldclient=t.oldclient)

Bill

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