On Tue, 11 May 1999, Parry, Brian S wrote:

> Ari,
> 	I'm very new to Oracle.  I've used MS SQL Server for 3 years.  I'm
> trying to update one table with data from another table where they have some
> matching information.  I keep getting the following error:
> 
> SQLWKS> UPDATE INCOMING_LEAD
>      2> SET INCOMING_LEAD.DEPARTMENT_CD = OFFER_INPUT_KEYCODE.DEPARTMENT_CD,
>      3>     INCOMING_LEAD.PROGRAM_CD = OFFER_INPUT_KEYCODE.PROGRAM_CD,
>      4>     INCOMING_LEAD.EFFORT_CD = OFFER_INPUT_KEYCODE.EFFORT_CD,
>      5>     INCOMING_LEAD.OFFER_CD = OFFER_INPUT_KEYCODE.OFFER_CD
>      6> FROM OFFER_INPUT_KEYCODE
>      7> WHERE OFFER_INPUT_KEYCODE.INPUT_KEYCODE =
> INCOMING_LEAD.PROMO_INITIAL_KEYCODE
> 
> FROM OFFER_INPUT_KEYCODE
> *
> ORA-00933: SQL command not properly ended
> Can you tell me what I am doing wrong?
> Thank you very much for your help,
> Brian
> brian.parry@eds.com
> 
In Oracle, the syntax is:

UPDATE INCOMING_LEAD
SET (INCOMING_LEAD.DEPARTMENT_CD, INCOMING_LEAD.PROGRAM_CD,
     INCOMING_LEAD.EFFORT_CD, INCOMING_LEAD.OFFER_CD) =
    (SELECT OFFER_INPUT_KEYCODE.DEPARTMENT_CD,
        OFFER_INPUT_KEYCODE.PROGRAM_CD, OFFER_INPUT_KEYCODE.EFFORT_CD,
        OFFER_INPUT_KEYCODE.OFFER_CD
     FROM OFFER_INPUT_KEYCODE
     WHERE OFFER_INPUT_KEYCODE.INPUT_KEYCODE =
           INCOMING_LEAD.PROMO_INITIAL_KEYCODE)
/

You basically do one inner select and join the two tables in the inner
select's WHERE clause.

Best regards,

-Ari Kaplan
Independent Oracle DBA Consultant

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