Question

I have 2 tables fullInfo and fundInfo. fullInfo is a full data set of donations to a non-profit. fundInfo is a list of unique fund subgroups with accompanying id numbers. I’m trying to insert the fund id number from fundInfo into fullInfo in a column fundId that exists but currently has NULL values.

fullInfo:

id          funddesc          amount        fundId
002         GENERAL           25.00          NULL
044         MAINT             50.00          NULL
122         TRAVEL            75.00          NULL
...          ...               ...            ...

fundInfo:

id          funddesc
01           MAINT
02           TRAVEL
03           GENERAL
...            ...

update fullInfo
set fullInfo.fundId = fundInfo.id
where fullInfo.funddesc = fundInfo.funddesc;

This code is not working. Any suggestions?

Answer 1

UPDATE fullInfo
    INNER JOIN fundInfo
        ON fullInfo.funddesc = fundInfo.funddesc
    SET fullInfo.fundId = fundInfo.id;