global update

Hi all, I need to update some data in a table, based on some criteria.
In this case we are talking about the stamping of a price against a job.
The update table holds the jobs, and the update_details table holds the
activities performed on each job and the cost for each activity. If i
pull back this information using the following code

select t1.reference,t1.update_id, t2.*
from update t1, update_details t2
where left(t1.reference,2) in ('EA','ND','SD','ST')
and t1.update_id = t2.update_id

I get something like

EA 1883 Act1 4.20
EA 1883 Act2 3.00
EA 1883 Act3 7.50
EA 2444 Act1 4.20
SD 5433 Act1 5.60

I need to update the cost for everything pulled back using the above
sql, to a price determined in another table (activities)

the activities table would look something like

Activity_Code Cost_London Cost_Roc
Act1 5.60 4.20
Act2 4.00 3.00
Act3 6.20 5.60

in a nutshell i need to update the cost in the update details from
Cost_roc to Cost_london for all activities for all jobs in the update
table that have a referance starting with specific letters. The new
prices need to be obtained from the activities table.

Would be very gratefull for any help on this matter

Regards,

Ian Selby

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Don't just participate in USENET...get rewarded for it!Ian Selby (ian.selby@.lojics.co.uk) writes:
> Hi all, I need to update some data in a table, based on some criteria.
> In this case we are talking about the stamping of a price against a job.
> The update table holds the jobs, and the update_details table holds the
> activities performed on each job and the cost for each activity. If i
> pull back this information using the following code
>...

Your question seems to have been left unanswered, and unfortunately I
cannot provide any answer to you. The reason for this, is that I cannot
understand how the values in the Cost_London and Cost_Roc column
maps to the rows in the first result set.

The standard recommendation for getting help with a query is to post:

o CREATE TABLE scripts of the tables involved. (It helps to include
PRIMARY KEY and FOREIGN KEY references.
o INSERT statements with sample data.
o The result you want given the sample data.

This makes it easier to understand what you after, and also it makes it
possible to post a tested solution.

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