Thank you very much Dan.

On Fri, 2008-10-17 at 14:10 +0700, Dan wrote:
> On Oct 17, 2008, at 1:43 PM, Lloyd wrote:
> 
> > Hi,
> >
> > Lets assume a table having following data
> >
> > No. Name    Address
> > ========================
> > 1   A       addrA
> > 2   B       addrB
> > 3   C       addrC
> > 4   B       addrB1
> >
> > I want to update the filed 'Address' based on field 'Name'. But if  
> > there
> > are multiple table entries (The case of B), I just want to update the
> > last entry in the table. How can I write a query for this?
> >
> > My present query is
> >
> > update mytab set Address="addr" where name="B"
> 
> If you are using version 3.6.4 and compile with
> SQLITE_ENABLE_UPDATE_DELETE_LIMIT, then you can use the new
> syntax:
> 
>    UPDATE mytab SET Address='addr' WHERE name='B' ORDER BY rowid DESC  
> LIMIT 1;
> 
> Otherwise, you have to do:
> 
>    UPDATE mytab SET Address='addr' WHERE rowid = (SELECT max(rowid)  
> FROM mytab WHERE name = 'B');
> 
> 
> Dan.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> >
> >
> >
> > The output of this query would be
> >
> > No. Name    Address
> > ========================
> > 1   A       addrA
> > 2   B       addr
> > 3   C       addrC
> > 4   B       addr
> >
> > But the Output we want is
> >
> > No. Name    Address
> > ========================
> > 1   A       addrA
> > 2   B       addrB
> > 3   C       addrC
> > 4   B       addr
> >
> >
> > If my question is not clear, I am ready to explain it more...
> >
> >
> >
> > Thanks,
> >  Lloyd
> >
> >
> >
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