Question

so i’m converting an insert statement into an update statement.

here is the insert

    insert into Matches(
     SourceID,
     SourceUniqueID,
     ExtractionNumber,
     ItemID,
     MatchDate,
     MatchBy,
     MatchMethod) 
    select 
      m.SourceID 
     ,m.SourceUniqueID 
     ,m.ExtractionNumber 
     ,m.ExtractionNumber 
     ,getdate() 
     ,replace( suser_sname(),'Bob\','') 
     ,'EMTransmittalnumber' 
    from MatchData as m 
    where m.SourceID = 19

Here is the update statement i have so far but it is generating an error

update m2 set 
   m2.SourceID = m.SourceID
 , m2.SourceUniqueID = m.SourceUniqueID
 , m2.ExtractionNumber = m.ExtractionNumber
 , m2.ItemID = m.ExtractionNumber
 , m2.MatchDate = getdate()
 , m2.MatchBy = replace( suser_sname(),'Bob\','')
 , m2.MatchMethod = 'EMTransmittalnumber'
 from MatchData as m
    inner join Matches as m2
    m2.itemid = m.extractionnumber 
    where m.sourceid = 19

error says incorrect syntax near ‘m2’

any ideas?

Answer 1

Yes, you forgot the “on” for inner join:

update m2 set  
   m2.SourceID = m.SourceID 
 , m2.SourceUniqueID = m.SourceUniqueID 
 , m2.ExtractionNumber = m.ExtractionNumber 
 , m2.ItemID = m.ExtractionNumber 
 , m2.MatchDate = getdate() 
 , m2.MatchBy = replace( suser_sname(),'Bob\','') 
 , m2.MatchMethod = 'EMTransmittalnumber' 
 from MatchData as m
    inner join Matches as m2 on
    m2.itemid = m.extractionnumber  
    where m.sourceid = 19