Question

I am trying to merge two tables and I would like to use GROUP BY in order to fix the following error:

The MERGE statement attempted to UPDATE or DELETE the same row more than once. This happens when a target row matches more than one source row. A MERGE statement cannot UPDATE/DELETE the same row of the target table multiple times. Refine the ON clause to ensure a target row matches at most one source row, or use the GROUP BY clause to group the source rows.

Where exactly would the GROUP BY clause go?

MERGE dbo.MyTarget targ
USING dbo.MySource src
ON (targ.Identifier = src.Identifier
    AND targ.Name = src.ConstituentName
    AND targ.Ticker = src.ConstituentTicker
    AND (targ.CUSIP = src.CUSIP OR targ.ISIN = src.ISIN OR targ.SEDOL = src.SEDOL))
WHEN MATCHED THEN
-- update values
;

Answer 1

Something like this:

MERGE dbo.MyTarget targ
USING (SELECT ... FROM dbo.MySource GROUP BY .....) src
ON (targ.Identifier = src.Identifier
    AND targ.Name = src.ConstituentName
    AND targ.Ticker = src.ConstituentTicker
    AND (targ.CUSIP = src.CUSIP OR targ.ISIN = src.ISIN OR targ.SEDOL = src.SEDOL))
WHEN MATCHED THEN
-- update values
;