Can anyone tell me what is wrong with this update statement i want it to update the title of Dr Edders and then display Dr Edders after the statement has been run.
UPDATE Staff SET Title = 'Dr' WHERE StaffLName = 'Edders';
SELECT Title, StaffLName FROM Staff WHERE StaffLName = 'Edders';
For oracle you can use RETURNING INTO clause to return what you are updating, deleting or even inserting
You can find more information here DML RETURNING INTO Clause
For SQL Server you can use OUTPUT clause
Find the MSDN page here OUTPUT Clause (Transact-SQL)
Apart from which database you are using, you can also put your UPDATE and SELECT statement into a procedure and execurte the stored procedure.
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I have a sql statement that returns records that I need and I am using several WITH clauses. I am trying to update one column within the statement.
WITH <name_a> AS (SELECT...),
<name_b> AS (SELECT...using 'name_a'),
<name_c> AS (SELECT...using 'name_b')
SELECT * from <name_c>
How would I write the statement if I just want to update a column in the final <name_c> output? Ex.
UPDATE name_c SET fav_color = 'blue'
for all the records.
I tried just replacing the select with the update statement but I get 'Missing SELECT keyword'.
I found a similar question but it looks like this question focused on updating the value to what was returned from the select statement. Using "WITH" and "UPDATE" statements in the same SQL query
please help
IF EXISTS(SELECT * FROM MERC_ADM_VERSION )then UPDATE MERC_ADM_VERSION SET
VER_VALEUR = 20150409 WHERE VER_CLE = 'MEAD' ELSE INSERT INTO MERC_ADM_VERSION
('VER_VALEUR', 'VER_CLE') VALUES (20150409, 'MEAD');
ORA-00900: Invalid SQL statement
Remove the single quotes from the columns in the insert statement.
Instead of
('VER_VALEUR', 'VER_CLE')
It should be
(VER_VALEUR, VER_CLE)
Your question is quite unclear as to what you are trying to do. However, my best interpretation is you are looking for an oracle merge statement. Below is an example based on assumptions I made on the little information you provided. You are most likely looking for a MERGE statement. This allows you to perform a single operation that can either update or insert based on your criteria.
Also, you appear to be using a date, but in number format. I did nothing to address this due to lack of any table definition. You may still have problems with it.
MERGE
INTO merc_adm_version TARGET -- The table you want to update/insert into
USING (SELECT 20150409 as ver_valeur, 'MEAD' as ver_cle FROM dual) SOURCE -- The source of the data
ON (TARGET.ver_cle = SOURCE.ver_cle) -- How to try and match records between source and target
WHEN MATCHED THEN UPDATE SET ver_valeur = 20150409 -- When there is a match, how to update
WHEN NOT MATCHED THEN INSERT (ver_cle, ver_valeur) -- When there is not a match, how to insert
VALUES ('MEAD', 20150409);
I have a table with grouped tasks:
tt_plan_task_id is the id
records with tt_plantype=1 represent 'groups'
tasks in/under a group have a tt_group_id pointing to the tt_plan_task_id
there are tasks that don't belong to a group (tt_group_id is null)
groups nest multiple levels
I need to fix (update) the tt_fromdate field values for the group records if they do not match the min(tt_fromdate) from the underlying tasks (they always have a value).
To fix them all I could do
update tt_plan_task g
set tt_fromdate=
(select min(t.tt_fromdate) from tt_plan_task t
where (t.tt_group_id=g.tt_plan_task_id))
where (g.tt_plantype=1)
This statement avoids the UPDATE FROM syntax that I see in many (SQL server) answers - Firebird does not support that.
There are 2 complications
I want to do the update only if g.tt_fromdate <> min(t.tt_fromdate), so I would have to add a reference to min(tt_fromdate) to the outer where.
I tried using an alias for the aggregate and referencing that but that got me nowhere (syntax errors)
SQL Server does not like the table alias in the update, but solutions like these use the UPDATE FROM syntax again ;-( How do I work around that then?
How do I tie 1. and 2. into my update statement so that it works?
As noted in the title, this needs to execute in SQL Server, Oracle, and Firebird
Note: Since groups can contain groups, the update should ideally be executed 'from the bottom up', i.e. deepest groups first.
But since this is just a rough correction for a corrupt database, doing one 'lineair' pass over all groups is good enough.
To get around SQL Server's non-standard way for update table aliases, simply don't use any.
As to using the aggregate result in both the SET clause and the WHERE clause, I suppose the only way all DBMS work with, is to write the aggregation query twice.
update tt_plan_task
set tt_fromdate =
(
select min(t.tt_fromdate)
from tt_plan_task t
where t.tt_group_id = tt_plan_task.tt_plan_task_id
)
where (tt_plantype=1)
and
(
tt_fromdate <>
(
select min(t.tt_fromdate)
from tt_plan_task t
where t.tt_group_id = tt_plan_task.tt_plan_task_id
)
);
I want to write a update SQL statement, but one conidtion of this statement is the result from a select SQL statement, and I also want to return the result of the select SQL statement.
Like this: update ... set ... where id = (select id from ...)
I want to return the value of id back.
Does anybody know how should I do this?
Thanks in advance!
I don't believe that's possible in one statement. Update then query (select) the new value, or query the value first, and then submit an update.
Alternative would be a stored procedure on the database, which executes the multiple queries and returns the result for you.
This is not possible in all Java database frameworks that I know. Probably you need to separate your query and update in Java.
I don't see any problem in using a subselect in a WHERE clause of an update statement.
For the second request, getting back the value of id, I know this is possible in DB2, and maybe others implement that syntax too:
SELECT id FROM FINAL TABLE (
update ... set ... where id = (select id from ...)
)
This works also for INSERT and DELETE statements. (See the documentation.)
Update statements won't return the updated datasets. The select in that case would be a subselect that isn't directly accessible.
You'd thus have to use at least two queries:
select the ids you want
call the update query passing the previously selected ids as a parameter
is d query rite ?
q = "update FIRSTBBA WHERE FBBANAME<>"" ORDER BY FBBANAME"
Need to update a table in ascending order
This query is not complete. You can use inner SQL statement based on your requirement and update the table based on that.
You're not assigning a value to FIRSTBBA.
Also, not sure what database you're using but I don't think SQL server allows an order by clause in an update statement. you would have to refer to a post like this one: How to update and order by using ms-sql