Simon Slavin <slav...@bigfraud.org> wrote: > > On 7 Oct 2013, at 3:45pm, dean gwilliam <mgbg25...@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote: > > > sqlite> UPDATE itms SET std_nm=(SELECT std_nm FROM aliases as x WHERE > > raw_nm = x > > .raw_nm); > > looking at it without the 'AS' ... > > UPDATE itms SET std_nm=(SELECT std_nm FROM aliases WHERE raw_nm = > aliases.raw_nm); > > I'm wondering whether you actually mean > > UPDATE itms SET std_nm=(SELECT std_nm FROM aliases WHERE raw_nm = > itms.raw_nm); > > or something like that. > > Simon. > _______________________________________________ > sqlite-users mailing list > sqlite-users@sqlite.org > http://sqlite.org:8080/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sqlite-users
sqlite> create table t (k integer primary key, d integer); sqlite> insert into t (k) values (1); sqlite> insert into t (k) values (2); sqlite> insert into t (k) values (3); sqlite> create table t2 (k integer primary key, d integer); sqlite> insert into t2 (d) values (101); sqlite> insert into t2 (d) values (102); sqlite> select * from t; k d ---------- ---------- 1 <> 2 <> 3 <> sqlite> select * from t2; k d ---------- ---------- 1 101 2 102 sqlite> update t set d = (select d from t2 where t2.k = t.k); sqlite> select changes(); changes() ---------- 3 sqlite> select * from t; k d ---------- ---------- 1 101 2 102 3 <> sqlite> update t set d = null; sqlite> update t set d = 103 where k = 3; sqlite> select * from t; k d ---------- ---------- 1 <> 2 <> 3 103 sqlite> update t set d = (select d from t2 where t2.k = t.k); sqlite> select changes(); changes() ---------- 3 sqlite> select * from t; k d ---------- ---------- 1 101 2 102 3 <> sqlite> update t set d = null; sqlite> update t set d = 103 where k = 3; sqlite> select * from t; k d ---------- ---------- 1 <> 2 <> 3 103 sqlite> update t set d = (select d from t2 where t2.k = t.k) ...> where t.k in (select k from t2); sqlite> select changes(); changes() ---------- 2 sqlite> select * from t; k d ---------- ---------- 1 101 2 102 3 103 In the original post, the columns raw_nm and x.raw_nm are the same column, so the condition is always true. _______________________________________________ sqlite-users mailing list sqlite-users@sqlite.org http://sqlite.org:8080/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sqlite-users