Oracle SQL: Update a table with data from another table
Table 1:
id name desc
-----------------------
1 a abc
2 b def
3 c adf
Table 2:
id name desc
-----------------------
1 x 123
2 y 345
In oracle SQL, how do I run an sql update query that can update Table 1 with Table 2's name
and desc
using the same id
? So the end result I would get is
Table 1:
id name desc
-----------------------
1 x 123
2 y 345
3 c adf
Question is taken from update one table with data from another, but specifically for oracle SQL.
This is called a correlated update
UPDATE table1 t1
SET (name, desc) = (SELECT t2.name, t2.desc
FROM table2 t2
WHERE t1.id = t2.id)
WHERE EXISTS (
SELECT 1
FROM table2 t2
WHERE t1.id = t2.id )
Assuming the join results in a key-preserved view, you could also
UPDATE (SELECT t1.id,
t1.name name1,
t1.desc desc1,
t2.name name2,
t2.desc desc2
FROM table1 t1,
table2 t2
WHERE t1.id = t2.id)
SET name1 = name2,
desc1 = desc2
Try this:
MERGE INTO table1 t1
USING
(
-- For more complicated queries you can use WITH clause here
SELECT * FROM table2
)t2
ON(t1.id = t2.id)
WHEN MATCHED THEN UPDATE SET
t1.name = t2.name,
t1.desc = t2.desc;
try
UPDATE Table1 T1 SET
T1.name = (SELECT T2.name FROM Table2 T2 WHERE T2.id = T1.id),
T1.desc = (SELECT T2.desc FROM Table2 T2 WHERE T2.id = T1.id)
WHERE T1.id IN (SELECT T2.id FROM Table2 T2 WHERE T2.id = T1.id);
Update table set column = (select...)
never worked for me since set only expects 1 value - SQL Error: ORA-01427: single-row subquery returns more than one row.
here's the solution:
BEGIN
For i in (select id, name, desc from table1)
LOOP
Update table2 set name = i.name, desc = i.desc where id = i.id;
END LOOP;
END;
That's how exactly you run it on SQLDeveloper worksheet. They say it's slow but that's the only solution that worked for me on this case.