Perform Update Of Latest (Min) And Get Back Key - tsql

Have a very active table with PK Int Iden
What I need is:
update table
set statusID = 7, folderID = 12
where PK = ( select MIN(PK) from tbl where statusID = 5)
What I want need back is PK value or if there is no status = 5 then some indicator it failed.

If it's SQL Server 2005+, you can use the OUTPUT clause to return the PK of the updated row:
update table
set statusID = 7, folderID = 12
output inserted.PK
where PK = ( select MIN(PK) from tbl where statusID = 5)
The above statement will (attempt to) update the row with the PK returned from the subquery and return a rowset with a single column, PK. The returned rowset will contain the updated row's PK, or nothing if nothing was updated.

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Optional filter on a column of an outer joined table in the where clause

I have got two tables:
create table student
(
studentid bigint primary key not null,
name varchar(200) not null
);
create table courseregistration
(
studentid bigint not null,
coursenamename varchar(200) not null,
isfinished boolean default false
);
--insert some data
insert into student values(1,'Dave');
insert into courseregistration values(1,'SQL',true);
Student is fetched with id, so it should be always returned in the result. Entry in the courseregistration is optional and should be returned if there are matching rows and those matching rows should be filtered on isfinished=false. This means I want to get the course regsitrations that are not finished yet. Tried to outer join student with courseregistration and filter courseregistration on isfinished=false. Note that, I still want to retrieve the student.
Trying this returns no rows:
select * from student
left outer join courseregistration using(studentid)
where studentid = 1
and courseregistration.isfinished = false
What I'd want in the example above, is a result set with 1 row student, but course rows null (because the only example has the isfinished=true). One more constraint though. If there is no corresponding row in courseregistration, there should still be a result for the student entry.
This is an adjusted example. I can tweak my code to solve the problem, but I really wonder, what is the "correct/smart way" of solving this in postgresql?
PS I have used the (+) in Oracle previously to solve similar issues.
Isn't this what you are looking for :
select * from student s
left outer join courseregistration cr
on s.studentid = cr.studentid
and cr.isfinished = false
where s.studentid = 1
db<>fiddle here

Multiple UPDATE ... FROM same row is not working

I'm trying to do multiple update, but it works only for the first row.
I have table "users" with 2 records:
create table users
(
uid serial not null
constraint users_pkey
primary key,
balance numeric default 0 not null
);
INSERT INTO public.users (uid, balance) VALUES (2, 100);
INSERT INTO public.users (uid, balance) VALUES (1, 100);
I try to UPDATE user "1" twice with the query, but it update only one time:
balance for user "1" become "105", not "115"
update users as u
set balance = balance + c.bal
from (values (1, 5),
(1, 10)
) as c(uid, bal)
where c.uid = u.uid;
Why it not updated for all rows from subquery?
The postgresql documentation gives no reason for this behaviour but does specify it.
Relevant quote
When a FROM clause is present, what essentially happens is that the
target table is joined to the tables mentioned in the from_list, and
each output row of the join represents an update operation for the
target table. When using FROM you should ensure that the join produces
at most one output row for each row to be modified. In other words, a
target row shouldn't join to more than one row from the other
table(s). If it does, then only one of the join rows will be used to
update the target row, but which one will be used is not readily
predictable.
Use a SELECT with a GROUP BY to combine the rows before performing the update.
You need to aggregate in the inner query before joining:
update users as u
set balance = balance + d.bal
from (
select uid, sum(bal) bal
from ( values (1, 5), (1, 10) ) as c(uid, bal)
group by uid
) d
where d.uid = u.uid;
Demo on DB Fiddle:
| uid | balance |
| --- | ------- |
| 2 | 100 |
| 1 | 115 |

Update Multiple Columns in One Statement Based On a Field with the Same Value as the Column Name

Not sure if this is possible without some sort of Dynamic SQL or a Pivot (which I want to stay away from)... I have a report that displays total counts for various types/ various status combinations... These types and statuses are always going to be the same and present on the report, so returning no data for a specific combination yields a zero. As of right now there are only three caseTypes (Vegetation, BOA, and Zoning) and 8 statusTypes (see below).
I am first setting up the skeleton of the report using a temp table. I have been careful to name the temp table columns the same as what the "statusType" column will contain in my second table "#ReportData". Is there a way to update the different columns in "#FormattedData" based on the value of the "statusType" column in my second table?
Creation of Formatted Table (for report):
CREATE TABLE #FormattedReport (
caseType VARCHAR(50)
, underInvestigation INT NOT NULL DEFAULT 0
, closed INT NOT NULL DEFAULT 0
, closedDPW INT NOT NULL DEFAULT 0
, unsubtantiated INT NOT NULL DEFAULT 0
, currentlyMonitored INT NOT NULL DEFAULT 0
, judicialProceedings INT NOT NULL DEFAULT 0
, pendingCourtAction INT NOT NULL DEFAULT 0
, other INT NOT NULL DEFAULT 0
)
INSERT INTO #FormattedReport (caseType) VALUES ('Vegetation')
INSERT INTO #FormattedReport (caseType) VALUES ('BOA')
INSERT INTO #FormattedReport (caseType) VALUES ('Zoning')
Creation of Data Table (to populate #FormattedReport):
SELECT B.Name AS caseType, C.Name AS StatusType, COUNT(*) AS Amount
INTO #ReportData
FROM table1 A
INNER JOIN table2 B ...
INNER JOIN table3 C ...
WHERE ...
GROUP BY B.Name, C.Name
CURRENT Update Statement (Currently will be 1 update per column in #FormattedReport):
UPDATE A SET underInvestigation = Amount FROM #ReportData B
INNER JOIN #FormattedReport A ON B.CaseType LIKE CONCAT('%', A.caseType, '%')
WHERE B.StatusType = 'Under Investigation'
UPDATE A SET closed = Amount FROM #ReportData B
INNER JOIN #FormattedReport A ON B.CaseType LIKE CONCAT('%', A.caseType, '%')
WHERE B.StatusType = 'Closed'
...
REQUESTED Update Statement: Would like to have ONE update statement knowing which column to update when "#ReportData.statusType" is the same as a "#FormattedData" column's name. For my "other" column, I'll just do that one manually using a NOT IN.
Assuming I understand the question, I think you can use conditional aggregation for this:
;WITH CTE AS
(
SELECT CaseType
,SUM(CASE WHEN StatusType = 'Under Investigation' THEN Amount ELSE 0 END) As underInvestigation
,SUM(CASE WHEN StatusType = 'Closed' THEN Amount ELSE 0 END) As closed
-- ... More of the same
FROM #ReportData
GROUP BY CaseType
)
UPDATE A
SET underInvestigation = B.underInvestigation
,closed = b.closed
-- more of the same
FROM #FormattedReport A
INNER JOIN CTE B
ON B.CaseType LIKE CONCAT('%', A.caseType, '%')

Updating with Nested Select Statements

I have a table that holds 3 fields of data: Acct#, YMCode, and EmployeeID. The YMCode is an Int that is formatted 201308, 201307, etc. For each Acct#, I need to select the EmployeedID used for the YMCode 201308 and then update all of the other YMCodes for the Acct# to the EmployeedID used in 201308.
so for each customer account in the table...
Update MyTable
Set EmployeeID = EmployeeID used in YMCode 201308
Having a hard time with it.
Put it in a transaction and look at the results before committing, but I think this is what you want:
UPDATE b
SET EmployeeID = a.EmployeeID
FROM MyTable a
INNER JOIN MyTable b
ON a.[Acct#] = b.[Acct#]
where a.YMCode =
(SELECT MAX(YMCode) from MyTable)
To get max YMCode, just add select statement at the end.

Inserting values into a column based on the second table

I have two tables table1, table2. Both the tables can be joined based on empID.
I have a new column in table1 called tabseqno. I want to update tabseqno of table1 with tabseqno from table2.
UPDATE TABLE1 SET TABLE1.TABSEQNO =TABLE2.TABSEQNO
WHERE TABLE1.EMPID= TABLE2.EMPID AND TABLE2.GROUPID=99
Either:
update table1 set table1.tabseqno =
( select table2.tabseqno from table2
where table2.empid = table1.empid
and table2.groupid = 99);
or:
update table1 set table1.tabseqno =
( select table2.tabseqno from table2
where table2.empid = table1.empid
and table2.groupid = 99)
where exists
( select table2.tabseqno from table2
where table2.empid = table1.empid
and table2.groupid = 99);
depending on what you want to happen if there is no matching table2 row for a table 1 row (the first statement will set table1.tabseqno to null, the second will not update those rows at all).
Both only work if the table2 subquery can only return a maximum of 1 row for any empid.