Code: Hi, I need to update the second record take it from the first record. Below is the business rule and desire output. SQL 2005 Thank you so much in advance. IF EXISTS (SELECT * FROM sys.objects WHERE object_id = OBJECT_ID(N'[dbo].[InsurInfo]') AND type in (N'U')) DROP TABLE [dbo].[InsurInfo] GO CREATE TABLE [dbo].[InsurInfo]( [NewValidFrom] [datetime] NULL, [IDPatInsur] [int] NULL, [PID] [int] NULL, [ValidFrom] [datetime] NULL, [ValidTo] [datetime] NULL, [GenInsurType] [varchar](9) NOT NULL, [Inactive] [bit] NULL, [rn] [bigint] NULL ); go INSERT INTO [dbo].[InsurInfo]([NewValidFrom], [IDPatInsur], [PID], [ValidFrom], [ValidTo], [GenInsurType], [Inactive], [rn]) SELECT '20100331 00:00:00.000', 1000, 100, '20100401 00:00:00.000', NULL, N'Primary', 0, 1 UNION ALL SELECT '20100215 00:00:00.000', 1003, 100, '20100216 00:00:00.000', NULL, N'Primary', 1, 2 UNION ALL SELECT '20100930 00:00:00.000', 3106, 106, '20101001 00:00:00.000', NULL, N'Primary', 0, 1 UNION ALL SELECT '20080731 00:00:00.000', 1011, 106, '20080801 00:00:00.000', NULL, N'Primary', 1, 2 UNION ALL SELECT '20101231 00:00:00.000', 3329, 144, '20110101 00:00:00.000', NULL, N'Primary', 0, 1 UNION ALL SELECT '20090930 00:00:00.000', 2100, 144, '20091001 00:00:00.000', NULL, N'Primary', 1, 2 GO SELECT * FROM InsurInfo GO Business rules: Update the NewValidFrom field from the first record where Inactive = 0 update to the second one and it must be within the same PID. -- Result want: NewValidFrom IDPatInsur PID ValidFrom ValidTo GenInsurType Inactive rn ----------------------- ----------- ----------- ----------------------- ----------------------- ------------ -------- -- 2010-03-31 00:00:00.000 1000 100 2010-04-01 00:00:00.000 NULL Primary 0 1 2010-03-31 1003 100 2010-02-16 00:00:00.000 NULL Primary 1 2 2010-09-30 00:00:00.000 3106 106 2010-10-01 00:00:00.000 NULL Primary 0 1 2010-09-30 1011 106 2008-08-01 00:00:00.000 NULL Primary 1 2 2010-12-31 00:00:00.000 3329 144 2011-01-01 00:00:00.000 NULL Primary 0 1 2010-12-31 2100 144 2009-10-01 00:00:00.000 NULL Primary 1 2
First welcome to Forums; Regarding that one , you could use the below query : update InsurInfo set NewValidFrom = NewValidFrom_First from (select NewValidFrom as NewValidFrom_First , PID from InsurInfo where Inactive = 0) S where InsurInfo .PID=S. PID