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gmcgahey
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13 Posts

Posted - 2006-10-06 : 06:51:55
Newbie question..

I have a stored proc that recalculates account balances over several open financial periods.

The logic is:

update table set Open Period 1 Balance = balance brought fwd from previous yr + period 1 movement

update table set Open Period 2 Balance = Open Period 1 Balance (calculated above) + period 2 movement

Thanks
Gavin

My question is whether this update will work 100% of the time if line 2 is directly dependent on the outcome of line 1.

Is there a better way to do this?

harsh_athalye
Master Smack Fu Yak Hacker

5581 Posts

Posted - 2006-10-06 : 06:57:09
Yes, provided first UPDATE doesn't result in mess !!

Harsh Athalye
India.
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