SQL Update from One Table to Another Based on a ID Match

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I have a database with account numbers and card numbers. I match these to a file to update any card numbers to the account number so that I am only working with account numbers.

I created a view linking the table to the account/card database to return the Table ID and the related account number, and now I need to update those records where the ID matches the Account Number.

This is the Sales_Import table, where the account number field needs to be updated:

LeadID AccountNumber
147 5807811235
150 5807811326
185 7006100100007267039

And this is the RetrieveAccountNumber table, where I need to update from:

LeadID AccountNumber
147 7006100100007266957
150 7006100100007267039

I tried the below, but no luck so far:

UPDATE [Sales_Lead].[dbo].[Sales_Import] 
SET    [AccountNumber] = (SELECT RetrieveAccountNumber.AccountNumber 
                          FROM   RetrieveAccountNumber 
                          WHERE  [Sales_Lead].[dbo].[Sales_Import]. LeadID = 
                                                RetrieveAccountNumber.LeadID) 

It updates the card numbers to account numbers, but the account numbers get replaced by NULL

27 Answers

I believe an UPDATE FROM with a JOIN will help:

MS SQL

UPDATE
    Sales_Import
SET
    Sales_Import.AccountNumber = RAN.AccountNumber
FROM
    Sales_Import SI
INNER JOIN
    RetrieveAccountNumber RAN
ON 
    SI.LeadID = RAN.LeadID;

MySQL and MariaDB

UPDATE
    Sales_Import SI,
    RetrieveAccountNumber RAN
SET
    SI.AccountNumber = RAN.AccountNumber
WHERE
    SI.LeadID = RAN.LeadID;

The simple Way to copy the content from one table to other is as follow:

UPDATE table2 
SET table2.col1 = table1.col1, 
table2.col2 = table1.col2,
...
FROM table1, table2 
WHERE table1.memberid = table2.memberid

You can also add the condition to get the particular data copied.

Seems you are using MSSQL, then, if I remember correctly, it is done like this:

UPDATE [Sales_Lead].[dbo].[Sales_Import] SET [AccountNumber] = 
RetrieveAccountNumber.AccountNumber 
FROM RetrieveAccountNumber 
WHERE [Sales_Lead].[dbo].[Sales_Import].LeadID = RetrieveAccountNumber.LeadID

I had the same problem with foo.new being set to null for rows of foo that had no matching key in bar. I did something like this in Oracle:

update foo
set    foo.new = (select bar.new
                  from bar 
                  where foo.key = bar.key)
where exists (select 1
              from bar
              where foo.key = bar.key)

Here's what worked for me in SQL Server:

UPDATE [AspNetUsers] SET

[AspNetUsers].[OrganizationId] = [UserProfile].[OrganizationId],
[AspNetUsers].[Name] = [UserProfile].[Name]

FROM [AspNetUsers], [UserProfile]
WHERE [AspNetUsers].[Id] = [UserProfile].[Id];

Thanks for the responses. I found a solution tho.

UPDATE Sales_Import 
SET    AccountNumber = (SELECT RetrieveAccountNumber.AccountNumber 
                          FROM   RetrieveAccountNumber 
                          WHERE  Sales_Import.leadid =RetrieveAccountNumber.LeadID) 
WHERE Sales_Import.leadid = (SELECT  RetrieveAccountNumber.LeadID 
                             FROM   RetrieveAccountNumber 
                             WHERE  Sales_Import.leadid = RetrieveAccountNumber.LeadID)  

In case the tables are in a different databases. (MSSQL)

update database1..Ciudad
set CiudadDistrito=c2.CiudadDistrito

FROM database1..Ciudad c1
 inner join 
  database2..Ciudad c2 on c2.CiudadID=c1.CiudadID

Use the following block of query to update Table1 with Table2 based on ID:

UPDATE Sales_Import, RetrieveAccountNumber 
SET Sales_Import.AccountNumber = RetrieveAccountNumber.AccountNumber 
where Sales_Import.LeadID = RetrieveAccountNumber.LeadID;

This is the easiest way to tackle this problem.

MS Sql

UPDATE  c4 SET Price=cp.Price*p.FactorRate FROM TableNamea_A c4
inner join TableNamea_B p on c4.Calcid=p.calcid 
inner join TableNamea_A cp on c4.Calcid=cp.calcid 
WHERE c4..Name='MyName';

Oracle 11g

        MERGE INTO  TableNamea_A u 
        using
        (
                SELECT c4.TableName_A_ID,(cp.Price*p.FactorRate) as CalcTot 
                FROM TableNamea_A c4
                inner join TableNamea_B p on c4.Calcid=p.calcid 
                inner join TableNamea_A cp on c4.Calcid=cp.calcid 
                WHERE p.Name='MyName' 
        )  rt
        on (u.TableNamea_A_ID=rt.TableNamea_B_ID)
        WHEN MATCHED THEN
        Update set Price=CalcTot  ;

update from one table to another table on id matched

UPDATE 
     TABLE1 t1, 
     TABLE2 t2
SET 
     t1.column_name = t2.column_name 
WHERE
     t1.id = t2.id;

This is the easiest and best have seen for Mysql and Maria DB

UPDATE table2, table1 SET table2.by_department = table1.department WHERE table1.id = table2.by_id

Note: If you encounter the following error based on your Mysql/Maria DB version "Error Code: 1175. You are using safe update mode and you tried to update a table without a WHERE that uses a KEY column To disable safe mode, toggle the option in Preferences"

Then run the code like this

SET SQL_SAFE_UPDATES=0;
UPDATE table2, table1 SET table2.by_department = table1.department WHERE table1.id = table2.by_id

MYSQL (This is my preferred way for restoring all specific column reasonId values, based on primary key id equivalence)

UPDATE `site` AS destination  
INNER JOIN `site_copy` AS backupOnTuesday 
      ON backupOnTuesday.`id` = destination.`id`
SET destdestination.`reasonId` = backupOnTuesday.`reasonId`

Oracle 11g

merge into Sales_Import
using RetrieveAccountNumber
on (Sales_Import.LeadId = RetrieveAccountNumber.LeadId)
when matched then update set Sales_Import.AccountNumber = RetrieveAccountNumber.AccountNumber;

For Oracle SQL try using alias

UPDATE Sales_Lead.dbo.Sales_Import SI 
SET SI.AccountNumber = (SELECT RAN.AccountNumber FROM RetrieveAccountNumber RAN WHERE RAN.LeadID = SI.LeadID);

ORACLE

use

UPDATE suppliers
SET supplier_name = (SELECT customers.customer_name
                     FROM customers
                     WHERE customers.customer_id = suppliers.supplier_id)
WHERE EXISTS (SELECT customers.customer_name
              FROM customers
              WHERE customers.customer_id = suppliers.supplier_id);

If above answers not working for you try this

Update Sales_Import A left join RetrieveAccountNumber B on A.LeadID = B.LeadID
Set A.AccountNumber = B.AccountNumber
where A.LeadID = B.LeadID 
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