Use of CASE in Update query - sql

I have following SQL (Using MS SQL)
UPDATE AR_Slots
SET Running = #Running,
StopSignal = #StopSignal,
WHERE (SlotId = #SlotId)
I want to set a field called RunListID to 0 if Running parameter (boolean) is true otherwise I don't want to change the value at all.
What is the "correct" way of doing this?
Thanks,
Stefan

Try something like
UPDATE AR_Slots
SET RunListID =
CASE
WHEN <your check value>
THEN 0
ELSE RunListID
END,
<your other sets>
WHERE <your criteria>

Related

Invalid number string (7498) JDBC Request

I'm converting this progress statement into SQL.
for each usr_mstr where usr_userid matches "PRF52" exclusive-lock:
assign usr_force_change = no.
end.
This is what I currently have.
UPDATE PUB.usr_mstr SET usr_force_change = 'false' WHERE usr_userid = 'PRF52'
The error that I am receiving is '[DataDirect][OpenEdge JDBC Driver][OpenEdge] Invalid number string (7498)'.
A select statement for this field is working and returns the following.
SELECT usr_force_change FROM PUB.usr_mstr WHERE usr_userid = 'PRF52'
usr_force_change
false
The column data type was of type 'LOGICAL'. This translates to type 'BIT' in SQL. I updated the statement to the following at it worked.
UPDATE PUB.usr_mstr SET usr_force_change = '0' WHERE usr_userid = 'PRF51'
You need to choose Query type as Update Statement when submit update
Update Statement - use this for Inserts and Deletes as well

Google Bigquery multiple updates based on WHERE - need a solution

is there a way to do multiple updates based on other field value
WHERE, not CASE
idea is below
thanks
#standardSQL
UPDATE dataset.people
SET CBSA_CODE = '54620' where substr(zip,1,5) = '99047',
SET CBSA_CODE = '31793' where substr(zip,1,5) = '45700'
A CASE expression is in fact the typical way you would handle this logic:
UPDATE dataset.people
SET CBSA_CODE = CASE SUBSTR(zip, 1, 5)
WHEN '99047' THEN '54620'
WHEN '45700' THEN '31793' END
WHERE
SUBSTR(zip, 1, 5) IN ('99047', '45700');
The only alternative to this which I can see would be to run mutliple update statements, one for each ZIP code value. But that seems unwieldy and undesirable as compared to using a CASE expression.
Use SQL CASE, which is part of Standard SQL (see official BQ docs):
#standardSQL
UPDATE dataset.people
SET CBSA_CODE = CASE
WHEN substr(zip,1,5) = '99047' THEN '54620'
WHEN substr(zip,1,5) = '45700' THEN '31793'
END
WHERE substr(zip,1,5) IN('99047', '45700')

Selects in Joins

I have query
UPDATE THD
SET RepostFlag = 'Y'
,RunListNoRetroPolicyPrepay = ?
,RetroObject = ?
FROM TranHead AS THD
JOIN (
SELECT CustPolicyNo AS CustPolicyNo
,MIN(PremPeriod) AS PremPeriod
FROM TranHead
WHERE RepostFlag = 'Y'
AND PayoutTypeNo = ?
GROUP BY CustPolicyNo
) AS THDToBeReposted ON THD.CustPolicyNo = THDToBeReposted.CustPolicyNo
WHERE THD.RepostFlag = 'N'
AND THD.PremPeriod > THDToBeReposted.PremPeriod
fails in H2 with following message
Table "THD" not found;
I looked at http://www.h2database.com/html/grammar.html#table_expression to see if H2 supports selects in join. It appears it does. Maybe I am missing something when looking at the grammar, but it seems to me that the query should work in H2.
Anyone see what is wrong?
Thanks.
I don't believe FROM is allowed in the UPDATE syntax.
You can't update an alias, you need to have the table name specified.
Complementary to other answers, JOIN (just as FROM) is not allowed in UPDATE for H2. It would be allowed in a sub query.
Essentially, stick to the basic syntax:
UPDATE SomeTable as SomeAlias
SET SomeField = ?
WHERE (%GoWild%)
Whether or not you need the alias is up to your where clause.
Reference: http://www.h2database.com/html/grammar.html#update

UPDATE is not allowed because the statement updates view "table_name" which participates in a join and has an INSTEAD OF UPDATE trigger

I am getting the following error while executing the following query in an Stored Procedure. Could anyone help in finding the fault?
UPDATE is not allowed because the statement updates view "sup_item" which participates in a join and has an INSTEAD OF UPDATE trigger.
UPDATE si
SET
name = mc.name,
sup_item_cat_id = mc.res_sup_item_cat_id,
xf_value = mc.xf_value,
ava_start_date = mc.ava_start_date,
ava_end_date = mc.ava_end_date,
status_code = mc.status_code,
last_mod_us_id = CASE WHEN mc.last_mod_us_id = 42 THEN #posting_us_id
ELSE mc.last_mod_us_id END,
last_mod_tsp = CURRENT_tsp
FROM sup_item AS si
JOIN merch_cat_imp_sup_item AS mc
ON mc.sup_id = si.sup_id
AND mc.res_sup_item_id = si.sup_item_id
AND mc.cat_imp_event_id = #cat_imp_event_id
AND mc.accept_flag = 'y'
WHERE si.shi_flag = 'n'
I found the reference: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms177523.aspx
A view with an INSTEAD OF UPDATE trigger cannot be a target of an
UPDATE with a FROM clause.
So, I have to rewrite the UPDATE statement (it still can be in a procedure) to NOT use sup_item (which is a view), but keep the underlying table(s) as needed.
Could someone please rewrite it, if anyone knows what to do?
You can use MERGE to achieve this. Try:
MERGE INTO sup_item si
USING merch_cat_imp_sup_item AS mc
ON mc.sup_id = si.sup_id
AND mc.res_sup_item_id = si.sup_item_id
AND mc.cat_imp_event_id = #cat_imp_event_id
AND mc.accept_flag = 'y'
AND si.shi_flag = 'n'
WHEN MATCHED
THEN UPDATE
SET
name = mc.name,
sup_item_cat_id = mc.res_sup_item_cat_id,
xf_value = mc.xf_value,
ava_start_date = mc.ava_start_date,
ava_end_date = mc.ava_end_date,
status_code = mc.status_code,
last_mod_us_id = CASE WHEN mc.last_mod_us_id = 42 THEN #posting_us_id
ELSE mc.last_mod_us_id END,
last_mod_tsp = CURRENT_tsp
The issue is not within your query. As per comments on your question, the entity you are updating [sup_item], isn't actually a table, it's a view. That view has an INSTEAD OF UPDATE trigger on it.
Are you able to post the SQL for the View and for the Trigger(s)?
I would also be interested, because I have a stored procedure in a database that I have inherited which tries to do this. It won't let me create the sproc in SQL 2014, but the fact that it is there in the sproc indicates to me that an earlier version of SQL server must have allowed this.
Maybe in earlier versions your procedure operated on a table, which was later replaced by a view.
You should replace your "update from" syntax by standard ANSI syntax of update.

Use a specific database depending on condition

Can I somehow use a specific database given a specific condition? To clarify I will give a naive example:
CASE
WHEN #dbnum = 1 THEN USE Db1
ELSE USE DefaultDb
END
You can do it with an IF:
IF #dbnum = 1
USE Db1;
ELSE
USE DefaultDb;