Dave, 
What Rob is trying to get at is repost your question on
midangel@xxxxxxxxxxxx.  
I've cross posted it for you.  If you have not signed up for that list
please do and you'll see some of the best  IBM i SQL experts in the world
work with your question.
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-----Original Message-----
From: Midrange-NonTech [mailto:midrange-nontech-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Rob Berendt
Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2016 6:35 AM
To: Non-Technical Discussion about the IBM i (AS/400 and iSeries)
Subject: Re: Common Table Expressions with UPDATE
I think this definitely qualifies as a 'technical' topic and not a
'nontechnical' topic.
I am not nit picking.  There are a lot of good technical people on the
technical list who simply do not have the time nor desire for some of the
stuff on the 'nontechnical' list.
http://lists.midrange.com/
Rob Berendt
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From:   dlclark@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
To:     Midrange-Nontech <midrange-nontech@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date:   03/28/2016 06:10 PM
Subject:        Common Table Expressions with UPDATE
Sent by:        "Midrange-NonTech" <midrange-nontech-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
        Sorry if this has been asked before -- I am new to this list.  Are 
Common Table Expressions (CTE) not supported for UPDATE statements?  Since 
I am getting Message: [SQL0199] Keyword UPDATE not expected. Valid tokens: 
( SELECT VALUES. this leads to me to this conclusion -- unfortunately. 
Tell me it ain't so.
With SequList (WaitId, ItemName, ItemType, ItemAttr, WaitSequ)
  as (Select UTWAITLT_ID, Item_Name, Item_Type, Item_Attribute, 
Wait_Sequence
        From Waiting_List
       Where Item_Name = 'UTWAITBRSM'
         And Item_Type = '*MODULE'
         And Item_Attribute = 'SQLRPM'
       Order by Item_Name, Item_Type, Item_Attribute, Wait_Sequence
     )
Update SequList as cte
   Set cte.WaitSequ = NEXT VALUE FOR TEMP_SEQ
 Where cte.WaitId IN (Select WaitId from SequList)
 Order by Item_Name, Item_Type, Item_Attribute, Wait_Sequence;
        Basically, what I am trying to accomplish is to resequence, in 
place, a numeric column from 10 by 10.  This is used in a priority list 
where an entry's priority can change.  Thus, for example, if there are 5 
entries in a particular group and the entry at priority 30 is changed to 
priority 5, I then want to resequence that group of entries from 10 such 
that the changed entry will remain with the highest priority of 10 -- 
i.e., raising it from 30 to 10 -- and moving all other entries in the 
group down by 10 for each existing entry.  I've been able to resequence 
the column but I have not been able to resequence according to the new 
priority sequence -- rather, it resequences by the primary identity key no 
matter what I try.  How can I accomplish this?
Sincerely,
Dave Clark
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