Question

I want to update with the value in this query, but it’s saying it returns more than one value.

UPDATE PO_HEADER
  SET TOTAL = (SELECT SUM(LINE_TOTAL) AS "NEW_LINE_TOTAL" 
  FROM PO_LINE pl, PO_HEADER ph 
  where ph.IC_PO_HEADER = pl.IC_PO_HEADER 
  and ph.RELEASE_NUMBER = pl.RELEASE_NUMBER 
  group by pl.IC_PO_HEADER,pl.FOREIGN_KEY,ph.RELEASE_NUMBER,
  ph.REVISION_NUMBER,ph.PO_NUMBER)
from PO_HEADER ph, PO_LINE pl
where ph.IC_PO_HEADER = pl.IC_PO_HEADER;

Msg 512, Level 16, State 1, Line 1
Subquery returned more than 1 value. This is not permitted when the subquery follows =, !=, <, <= , >, >= or when the subquery is used as an expression.

How is it returning more than one column?

Answer 1

If this query returns the information you want:

SELECT *, LINE_TOTAL = SUM(l.LINE_TOTAL) OVER 
    (PARTITION BY l.IC_PO_HEADER, l.RELEASE_NUMBER)
  FROM dbo.PO_HEADER AS h
  INNER JOIN dbo.PO_LINE AS l
  ON h.IC_PO_HEADER = l.IC_PO_HEADER 
  AND h.RELEASE_NUMBER = l.RELEASE_NUMBER;

Then this is probably the UPDATE query you want:

;WITH x AS
(
  SELECT h.TOTAL, lt = SUM(l.LINE_TOTAL) OVER 
    (PARTITION BY l.IC_PO_HEADER, l.RELEASE_NUMBER)
  FROM dbo.PO_HEADER AS h
  INNER JOIN dbo.PO_LINE AS l
  ON h.IC_PO_HEADER = l.IC_PO_HEADER 
  AND h.RELEASE_NUMBER = l.RELEASE_NUMBER
)
UPDATE x SET TOTAL = lt;

I have to agree with Gordon, your grouping seems very strange. I’m not sure if I got it right (which is why I strongly recommend you run the SELECT first).