Question

i have two tables.

BoardPosts
BoardPostId INT PK
ModifiedOn DATETIME NULLABLE

BoardComments
BoardCommentId INT PK
BoardPostId INT
CreatedOn DATETIME

A board post has zero to many comments.

I wish to set the ModifiedOn field to be the most recent comment date, if the board has a comment. Otherwise, just leave it null.

How do i do this, using TSql ?

something like …

UPDATE BoardPosts
SET ModifiedOn = CreatedOn
SELECT TOP(1) CreatedOn
FROM BoardPosts a INNER JOIN BoardComments b ON a.BoardPostId = b.BoardPostId

???

Answer 1

I think this will work…

UPDATE BoardPosts
SET ModifiedOn = (SELECT MAX(CreatedOn) 
                  FROM BoardComments 
                  WHERE BoardComments.BoardPostId = BoardPosts.BoardPostId)