Re: How can I avoid the "Single row subquery returns more than one row" message

Andy schrieb:

> Hi,
>
> I am trying to do a simple (hopefully) join between 2 tables and
> use a column in table 2 to update table 1. The problem is that
> my subquery is returning multiple rows. Is there a way to force
> the first match to be used by default to avoid the "multiple
> rows" situation, or any other way around this problem?
> Hope this makes sense...the query that is having the problem is
> here:
>
> Update Frt.Mpay_working a
> Set shipper_city =
> (Select b.city from Frt.cities b
> where a.shipfrom = b.shipto

and where rownum = 1

> );
>
> Thanks alot for your help...appreciate it!
> Andy
>
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