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Beginner question. Update query with another SQL [message #683985] Sat, 13 March 2021 12:54 Go to next message
RM33
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I am using 11g.

I have an SQL statement that returns 2 columns. A customer ID ( it is a Primary Key ) and cash amount.

I need to update a table with the above SQL statement. Why? Because I only need to change the cash for certain customers that meet the criteria. Not all customers.

How do I do an update Set query with an SQL statement.

Re: Beginner question. Update query with another SQL [message #683986 is a reply to message #683985] Sat, 13 March 2021 13:00 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Michel Cadot
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BlackSwan wrote on Wed, 02 July 2014 01:22
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Michel Cadot wrote on Fri, 29 May 2020 20:51

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Re: Beginner question. Update query with another SQL [message #683987 is a reply to message #683986] Sun, 14 March 2021 06:10 Go to previous message
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You didn't provide much information.

Anyway, MERGE might do the job.

merge into another_table a
  using (select b.customer_id,
                b.cash_amount
         from some_table b
         where certain_condition
        ) x
  on (x.customer_id = a.customer_id)
  when matched then update set
    a.cash_amount = x.cash_amount;
Why MERGE and not UPDATE? No particular reason, apart from the fact that MERGE takes care about which rows to update, while in UPDATE you have to do it yourself, either by using EXISTS or IN.
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