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AskSQLTeam
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 Posted - 2005-02-08 : 07:55:57
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| sachin writes "we have employee table and we have to increment the salary of those employees getting salary greater than 3000, 3000 to 5000 and >5000 in a single query." |
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Seventhnight
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Posted - 2005-02-08 : 08:27:43
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Something like this?Update <table>set salary = salary + case when salary < 3000 then 500 when salary between 3000 and 5000 then 1000 else 2000 endFrom <table>Where salary > 0 Corey "If the only tool you have is a hammer, the whole world looks like a nail." - Mark Twain |
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Xerxes
Aged Yak Warrior
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Posted - 2005-02-08 : 09:22:39
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Corey, Uh, what if sachin had to do a lookup on another table to find that raise information? I have a similar problem like this .Semper fi, Xerxes, USMC (Ret) |
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spirit1
Cybernetic Yak Master
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Posted - 2005-02-08 : 09:34:45
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join the second table to the first one and that's it.Go with the flow & have fun! Else fight the flow  |
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Seventhnight
Master Smack Fu Yak Hacker
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Posted - 2005-02-08 : 09:41:23
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By the way, more relevant detail to a question, the better the answer!  if you're still stuck give us some sample data to work with (with DDL and DML of course )Corey"If the only tool you have is a hammer, the whole world looks like a nail." - Mark Twain |
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Xerxes
Aged Yak Warrior
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Posted - 2005-02-08 : 09:52:31
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| I would elaborate if necessary, but spirit1's answer was exactly what I presumed it would be. Besides, since I discovered SQLTeam.com I've started applying much of what I've learned here and life has gotten a lot easier!Thanks for the help!Semper fi, Xerxes, USMC (Ret) |
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Seventhnight
Master Smack Fu Yak Hacker
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Posted - 2005-02-08 : 10:09:08
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... I've started applying much of what I've learned here and life has gotten a lot easier!
Thats the idea Corey"If the only tool you have is a hammer, the whole world looks like a nail." - Mark Twain |
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Xerxes
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My Question 
Semper fi, Xerxes, USMC (Ret)