SQL Server Update via Select Statement - sql

Question

I have the following sql statement and I want to update a field on the rows returned from the select statement. Is this possible with my select? The things I have tried are not giving me the desired results:
SELECT
Flows_Flows.FlowID,
Flows_Flows.Active,
Flows_Flows.BeatID,
Flows_Flows.FlowTitle,
Flows_Flows.FlowFileName,
Flows_Flows.FlowFilePath,
Flows_Users.UserName,
Flows_Users.DisplayName,
Flows_Users.ImageName,
Flows_Flows.Created,
SUM(CASE WHEN [Like] = 1 THEN 1 ELSE 0 END) AS Likes,
SUM(CASE WHEN [Dislike] = 1 THEN 1 ELSE 0 END) AS Dislikes
FROM Flows_Flows
INNER JOIN Flows_Users ON Flows_Users.UserID = Flows_Flows.UserID
LEFT JOIN Flows_Flows_Likes_Dislikes ON
Flows_Flows.FlowID=Flows_Flows_Likes_Dislikes.FlowID
WHERE Flows_Flows.Active = '1' AND Flows_Flows.Created < DATEADD(day, -60, GETDATE())
Group By Flows_Flows.FlowID, Flows_Flows.Active, Flows_Flows.BeatID,
Flows_Flows.FlowTitle, Flows_Flows.FlowFileName, Flows_Flows.FlowFilePath,
Flows_Users.UserName, Flows_Users.DisplayName, Flows_Users.ImageName,
Flows_Flows.Created
Having SUM(CASE WHEN [Like] = 1 THEN 1 ELSE 0 END) = '0' AND SUM(CASE WHEN [Dislike] = 1
THEN 1 ELSE 0 END) >= '0'
This select statement returns exactly what I need but I want to change the Active field from 1 to 0.

Answer 1

yes - the general structure might be like this: (note you don't declare your primary key)
UPDATE mytable
set myCol = 1
where myPrimaryKey in (
select myPrimaryKey from mytable where interesting bits happen here )

Answer 2

Because you haven't made your question more clear in what result you want to achieve, I'll provide an answer with my own assumptions.
Assumption
You have a select statement that gives you stuffs, and it works as desired. What you want it to do is to make it return results and update those selected rows on the fly - basically like saying "find X, tell me about X and make it Y".
Anwser
If my assumption is correct, unfortunately I don't think there is any way you can do that. A select does not alter the table, it can only fetch information. Similarly, an update does not provide more detail than the number of rows updated.
But don't give up yet, depending on the result you want to achieve, you have alternatives.
Alternatives
If you just want to update the rows that you have selected, you can
simply write an UPDATE statement to do that, and #Randy has provided
a good example of how it will be written.
If you want to reduce calls to server, meaning you want to make just
one call to the server and get result, as well as to update the
rows, you can write store procedures to do that.
Store procedures are like functions you wrote in programming languages. It essentially defines a set of sql operations and gives them a name. Each time you call that store procedure, the set of operations gets executed with supplied inputs, if any.
So if you want to learn more about store procedures you can take a look at:
http://www.mysqltutorial.org/introduction-to-sql-stored-procedures.aspx

Answer 3

If I understand correctly you are looking for a syntax to be able to select the value of Active to be 0 if it is 1. The syntax for something like that is
SELECT
Active= CASE WHEN Active=1 THEN 0 ELSE Active END
FROM
<Tables>
WHERE
<JOIN Conditions>