Got my answer elsewhere.
For those interested....
UPDATE Table1 T1
SET FieldX = (SELECT T2.FieldY FROM Table2 T2 WHERE T2.KEY = T1.KEY)
WHERE ...
UPDATE Table1
SET FieldX = T2.FieldY
FROM Table1 T1
INNER JOIN Table2 T2 ON T2.KEY = T1.KEY
WHERE ....
Spaces are valid in brackets... in fact brackets are used to support spaces in field names and table names in SQL Server.
Subquery in UPDATE statement
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I have a statement that would be valid in Oracle,
Are you asking us to port your Oracle queries to T-SQL for you?
If so why not ask that instead of the meaningless:-
but SQL Server doesn't like this form.
I think the problem is spaces in fieldnames
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Subquery in UPDATE statement
I have a statement that would be valid in Oracle, but SQL Server doesn't like this form. I looked at the FROM clause and still can't figure out how to implement the statement... HELP!!
update STAGING_DSMGENE RAL_REPORT D
set [Agency Name] =
(select substring([Agency Name],1,6) +' - ' + A.Name + ' - ' + C.FullName
from STAGING_DSMGENE RAL_REPORT DSM,
Contact C,
Account A
where C.tsi_contactnu mber = substring(DSM.[Agency Name],1,6)
and A.AccountId = C.AccountId
and DSM.[Proposal ID] = D.[Proposal ID])
where [Agency Name] like '%odified%'
Thanks for your help.
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