Question

I have two tables: (ID = int, Match = varchar, Status = char)

TableA

ID1 Match1 Status1
23  1200   PASS
24  1300   FAIL
25  1400   PASS
26  1500   PASS
27  1600   FAIL

TableB

ID2 Match2 Status2
456 1200
784 1300
457 1300
124 1400
741 1600

Now, I want to populate tableB (status2) with ‘FAIL’ where there is fail in tableA (match).
so, I should get:

TableB
ID2 Match2 Status2
456 1200   NULL
784 1300   FAIL
457 1300   FAIL
124 1400   NULL
741 1600   FAIL

now this is pretty simple. I want to put in status2, ID1 which caused the fail so the expected result would be:

TableB
ID2 Match2 Status2
456 1200   NULL
784 1300   FAIL of ID 24
457 1300   FAIL of ID 24
124 1400   NULL
741 1600   FAIL of ID 27

I am currently using simple update statement as follows:

update B
set status2 = 'Fail'
from tableB B
Inner join tableA A
on a.match1 = b.match2
where a.status1 = 'FAIL'

Please correct to point to the ID1.

Thanks

Answer 1

update B
set status2 = 'Fail of ID ' + CAST(A.ID1 AS VARCHAR(4))
from tableB B
Inner join tableA A
on a.match1 = b.match2
where a.status1 = 'FAIL'