问题:

is there a way to do multiple updates based on other field value WHERE, not CASE

idea is below

thanks

#standardSQL
UPDATE dataset.people
SET CBSA_CODE = '54620' where substr(zip,1,5) = '99047',
SET CBSA_CODE = '31793' where substr(zip,1,5) = '45700'

回答1:

A CASE expression is in fact the typical way you would handle this logic:

UPDATE dataset.people
SET CBSA_CODE = CASE SUBSTR(zip, 1, 5)
                    WHEN '99047' THEN '54620'
                    WHEN '45700' THEN '31793' END
WHERE
    SUBSTR(zip, 1, 5) IN ('99047', '45700');

The only alternative to this which I can see would be to run mutliple update statements, one for each ZIP code value. But that seems unwieldy and undesirable as compared to using a CASE expression.

回答2:

Use SQL CASE, which is part of Standard SQL (see official BQ docs):

#standardSQL
UPDATE dataset.people
SET CBSA_CODE = CASE
  WHEN substr(zip,1,5) = '99047' THEN '54620'
  WHEN substr(zip,1,5) = '45700' THEN '31793'
END
WHERE substr(zip,1,5) IN('99047', '45700')