Can anyone find my error in this query? I'm using SQL Server 2000 and I want to update all entries in the CostEntry table to the corresponding value in the ActiveCostDetails table. The where clause DOES work with a select statement.
UPDATE CostEntry CE
INNER JOIN ActiveCostDetails As AD ON CostEntry.lUniqueID = ActiveCostDetails.UniqueID
SET CostEntry.sJobNumber = ActiveCostDetails.JobNumber
WHERE CostEntry.SEmployeeCode = '002'
AND SubString(CostCentre, 1, 1) = sDepartmentCode
AND substring(CostCentre, 3, 1) = sCategoryCode
AND substring(CostCentre, 5, 2) = sOperationCode
The SET
needs to come before the FROM\JOIN\WHERE
portion of the query.
UPDATE CE
SET sJobNumber = AD.JobNumber
FROM CostEntry CE
INNER JOIN ActiveCostDetails As AD
ON CE.lUniqueID = AD.UniqueID
WHERE CE.SEmployeeCode = '002'
AND SubString(CostCentre, 1, 1) = sDepartmentCode
AND substring(CostCentre, 3, 1) = sCategoryCode
AND substring(CostCentre, 5, 2) = sOperationCode
This should work
UPDATE CE
SET CostEntry.sJobNumber = ActiveCostDetails.JobNumber
FROM CostEntry CE
INNER JOIN ActiveCostDetails As AD ON CostEntry.lUniqueID = ActiveCostDetails.UniqueID
WHERE CostEntry.SEmployeeCode = '002'
AND SubString(CostCentre, 1, 1) = sDepartmentCode
AND substring(CostCentre, 3, 1) = sCategoryCode
AND substring(CostCentre, 5, 2) = sOperationCode