Posted by Wes Groleau on 02/03/07 13:41

Erland Sommarskog wrote:
> But you could try:
>
> UPDATE Output
> SET xyz = R.maxseg
> FROM Output o
> JOIN (SELECT Raw_segs, maxseg = Max(Seg_Nbr)
> FROM Raw_Segs
> WHERE Seg_Nbr BETWEEN abc AND pqr) R
> ON Output.FID = R.Raw_Segs
>
> While this syntax is proprietary and not portable, it often yields better
> results than a correlated subquery.

I think I also tried that, but maybe not. I'm going in to work today,
so I'll make sure. And I'll make another try at extracting a script
from that thing.

--
Wes Groleau

Expert, n.:
Someone who comes from out of town and shows slides.

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