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Re: help with my sql

From: Joe Sath <dbadba62_at_hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 22 Aug 2002 01:58:21 GMT
Message-ID: <1zX89.9660$CW1.2145@nwrddc02.gnilink.net>


Sorry, it did not work.

ERROR at line 2:
ORA-01427: single-row subquery returns more than one row

Any better idea?

Thanks

"Thomas Kyte" <tkyte_at_oracle.com> wrote in message news:ak1di00ab0_at_drn.newsguy.com...
> In article <cTV89.7$6U3.4_at_nwrddc01.gnilink.net>, "Joe says...
> >
> >I have two tables.
> >table A has a date column, and a date_key,
> >table B has a year(varchar2) , month(varchar2) , day(varchar2),
> >hour(varchar2),minute(varchar2) column, and a date_key
> >
> >I need to do something like this
> >
> >update table A
> >set A.date_key = B.date_key
> >where
> >B.year = to_char(A.date,'yyyy')
> >and B.month = to_char(A.date,'mm')
> >and B.day = to_char(A.date,'dd')
> >and B.hour = to_char(A.date,'hh24')
> >and B.minute = to_char(A.date,'mi')
> >
> >How could I do that?
> >
> >Thanks for your help
> >
> >
>
> update A
> set date_key = (select date_key
> from b
> where B.year = to_char(A.date,'yyyy')
> and B.month = to_char(A.date,'mm')
> and B.day = to_char(A.date,'dd')
> and B.hour = to_char(A.date,'hh24')
> and B.minute = to_char(A.date,'mi'))
> where exists (select date_key
> from b
> where B.year = to_char(A.date,'yyyy')
> and B.month = to_char(A.date,'mm')
> and B.day = to_char(A.date,'dd')
> and B.hour = to_char(A.date,'hh24')
> and B.minute = to_char(A.date,'mi'))
>
>
>
> >
> >
>
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Received on Wed Aug 21 2002 - 20:58:21 CDT

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