Re: Why this update is not working , can't I use nvl function in

Tried the way you said , but still no luck , not sure why!

Diana Duncan wrote:

> Why not put the nvl into the select portion instead of around it?
>
> Instead of
> update <table1>
> set max_capacity = nvl( (select max (col1) from <table2>
> where <table2>.col1 = <table1.col1 and
> <table1.col1 in (select col1 from <table3>
> where col2 = 33)), 0.0)
> where <table1>.col1 between v_min_unique_num and (v_min_unique_num +
> v_increment);
>
>
> Do this
>
> update <table1>
> set max_capacity = (select nvl(max (col1),0.0) from <table2>
> where <table2>.col1 = <table1.col1 and
> <table1.col1 in (select col1 from <table3>
> where col2 = 33))
> where <table1>.col1 between v_min_unique_num and (v_min_unique_num +
> v_increment);
>
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Received on Thu Oct 26 2000 - 15:18:54 CDT