[AccessD] Use a select in an update statement

Thanks Stuart.

John W. Colby
www.ColbyConsulting.com


Stuart McLachlan wrote:
> This won't work before 2005.- before then you couldn't use an expression for TOP:
> 
> declare @topnumber int
> declare @NoKids int
> 
> set @topnumber = 10000
> set @NoKids = 2
> 
> update tblOrderData
> set keycode = 'KEYA'
> where RandomNumber in
> (Select top (@topnumber) RandomNumber
>  From tblOrderData
> Where NoChildren = @NoKids and Keycode is null
> Order By RandomNumber)
> 
> On 5 Aug 2009 at 18:31, jwcolby wrote:
> 
>> Ooops, sorry, SQL Server 2005.
>>
>> John W. Colby
>> www.ColbyConsulting.com
>>
>>
>> Stuart McLachlan wrote:
>>> Jet SQL or SQL Server?
>>>
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> 
> Stuart McLachlan
>