Hi, As you can see the following two tables have different data. So the IDs will vary. Can you let me know the sql query to update table1 Thanks ----------------- Table1 IndexIDNameParentIndexID 1BR DATEDNULL 2BR IPENULL 3BR NYMEXNULL 4DUBAINULL 5F10MEDCCNULL 6F10MEDFCNULL 7F10NWECCNULL 8F10NWEFBNULL 9F10NWEFCNULL 10xxNULL ... 13BR(1,1)NULL ... 20WTI NYMEXNull ... 156zNull -------------------- Table2 table2IDtable2NameTable2ParentIndexID 1BR DATED129 2BR IPE56 3BR NYMEX2 4DUBAI129 5F10MEDCC9 6F10MEDFC9 7F10NWECC9 8F10NWEFB9 9F10NWEFC13 ... 13F35NWEFB129 ... 56WTI NYMEXNULL ... 129BR(1,1)131 ... 131xxNULL ------------------ The idea is to come up with an update query to update table1 to have this kind of data. Thanks IndexIDNameParentIndexID 1BR DATED13 2BR IPE20 3BR NYMEX2 4DUBAI13 5F10MEDCC12 6F10MEDFC12 7F10NWECC12 8F10NWEFB12 12F10NWEFCNULL ... ... ... This is what i have so far: update Table1.ParentIndexID set Table1.ParentIndexID = from Table1 inner join Table2 on Table1.IndexID = Table2.table2ParentIndexID
Set up a SELECT query that shows the results from the column that will be updated, and from the column that contains the new value, so that it's showing you only the rows that need to be updated. For example: SELECT table1.col = table2.col FROM table1 INNER JOIN table2 ON table1.key = table2.key Now replace only the SELECT part - starting with FROM, the rest remains the same! UPDATE table1 SET table1.col = table2.col FROM table1 INNER JOIN table2 ON table1.key = table2.key