{"id":1872,"date":"2019-04-28T20:48:55","date_gmt":"2019-04-28T13:48:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sqlservertutorial.net\/?page_id=1872"},"modified":"2020-07-13T07:27:32","modified_gmt":"2020-07-13T00:27:32","slug":"sql-server-update-join","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.sqlservertutorial.net\/sql-server-basics\/sql-server-update-join\/","title":{"rendered":"SQL Server UPDATE JOIN"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Summary<\/strong>: in this tutorial, you will learn how to use the SQL Server <code>UPDATE JOIN<\/code> statement to perform a cross-table update.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id='sql-server-update-join-syntax'>SQL Server UPDATE JOIN syntax <a href=\"#sql-server-update-join-syntax\" class=\"anchor\" id=\"sql-server-update-join-syntax\" title=\"Anchor for SQL Server &lt;code&gt;UPDATE JOIN&lt;\/code&gt; syntax\">#<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>To query data from related tables, you often use the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sqlservertutorial.net\/sql-server-basics\/sql-server-joins\/\">join<\/a> clauses, either <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sqlservertutorial.net\/sql-server-basics\/sql-server-inner-join\/\">inner join<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sqlservertutorial.net\/sql-server-basics\/sql-server-left-join\/\">left join<\/a>. In SQL Server, you can use these join clauses in the <code><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sqlservertutorial.net\/sql-server-basics\/sql-server-update\/\">UPDATE<\/a><\/code> statement to perform a cross-table update.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The following illustrates the syntax of the <code>UPDATE JOIN<\/code> clause:<\/p>\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\" aria-describedby=\"shcb-language-1\" data-shcb-language-name=\"SQL (Structured Query Language)\" data-shcb-language-slug=\"sql\"><span><code class=\"hljs language-sql\"><span class=\"hljs-keyword\">UPDATE<\/span> \n    t1\n<span class=\"hljs-keyword\">SET<\/span> \n    t1.c1 = t2.c2,\n    t1.c2 = expression,\n    ...   \n<span class=\"hljs-keyword\">FROM<\/span> \n    t1\n    &#091;<span class=\"hljs-keyword\">INNER<\/span> | <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">LEFT<\/span>] <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">JOIN<\/span> t2 <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">ON<\/span> join_predicate\n<span class=\"hljs-keyword\">WHERE<\/span> \n    where_predicate;\n<\/code><\/span><small class=\"shcb-language\" id=\"shcb-language-1\"><span class=\"shcb-language__label\">Code language:<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__name\">SQL (Structured Query Language)<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">(<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__slug\">sql<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">)<\/span><\/small><\/pre>\n\n\n<p>In this syntax:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>First, specify the name of the table (t1) that you want to update in the <code><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sqlservertutorial.net\/sql-server-basics\/sql-server-update\/\">UPDATE<\/a><\/code> clause.<\/li><li>Next, specify the new value for each column of the updated table.<\/li><li>Then, again specify the table from which you want to update in the <code>FROM<\/code> clause.<\/li><li>After that, use either <code><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sqlservertutorial.net\/sql-server-basics\/sql-server-inner-join\/\">INNER JOIN<\/a><\/code> or <code><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sqlservertutorial.net\/sql-server-basics\/sql-server-left-join\/\">LEFT JOIN<\/a><\/code> to join to another table (t2) using a join predicate specified after the <code>ON<\/code> keyword.<\/li><li>Finally, add an optional <code><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sqlservertutorial.net\/sql-server-basics\/sql-server-where\/\">WHERE<\/a><\/code> clause to specify rows to be updated.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id='sql-server-update-join-examples'>SQL Server UPDATE JOIN examples <a href=\"#sql-server-update-join-examples\" class=\"anchor\" id=\"sql-server-update-join-examples\" title=\"Anchor for SQL Server &lt;code&gt;UPDATE JOIN&lt;\/code&gt; examples\">#<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>Let&#8217;s take a look at some examples of using the <code>UPDATE JOIN<\/code> statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id='setting-up-sample-tables'>Setting up sample tables <a href=\"#setting-up-sample-tables\" class=\"anchor\" id=\"setting-up-sample-tables\" title=\"Anchor for Setting up sample tables\">#<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>First, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sqlservertutorial.net\/sql-server-basics\/sql-server-create-table\/\">create a new table<\/a> named <code>sales.targets<\/code> to store the sales targets:<\/p>\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\" aria-describedby=\"shcb-language-2\" data-shcb-language-name=\"SQL (Structured Query Language)\" data-shcb-language-slug=\"sql\"><span><code class=\"hljs language-sql\"><span class=\"hljs-keyword\">DROP<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">TABLE<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">IF<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">EXISTS<\/span> sales.targets;\n\n<span class=\"hljs-keyword\">CREATE<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">TABLE<\/span> sales.targets\n(\n    target_id  <span class=\"hljs-built_in\">INT<\/span>\tPRIMARY <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">KEY<\/span>, \n    percentage <span class=\"hljs-built_in\">DECIMAL<\/span>(<span class=\"hljs-number\">4<\/span>, <span class=\"hljs-number\">2<\/span>) \n        <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">NOT<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-literal\">NULL<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">DEFAULT<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-number\">0<\/span>\n);\n\n<span class=\"hljs-keyword\">INSERT<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">INTO<\/span> \n    sales.targets(target_id, percentage)\n<span class=\"hljs-keyword\">VALUES<\/span>\n    (<span class=\"hljs-number\">1<\/span>,<span class=\"hljs-number\">0.2<\/span>),\n    (<span class=\"hljs-number\">2<\/span>,<span class=\"hljs-number\">0.3<\/span>),\n    (<span class=\"hljs-number\">3<\/span>,<span class=\"hljs-number\">0.5<\/span>),\n    (<span class=\"hljs-number\">4<\/span>,<span class=\"hljs-number\">0.6<\/span>),\n    (<span class=\"hljs-number\">5<\/span>,<span class=\"hljs-number\">0.8<\/span>);\n<\/code><\/span><small class=\"shcb-language\" id=\"shcb-language-2\"><span class=\"shcb-language__label\">Code language:<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__name\">SQL (Structured Query Language)<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">(<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__slug\">sql<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">)<\/span><\/small><\/pre>\n\n\n<p>If sales staffs achieved the target 1, they will get the ratio of 0.2 or 20% sales commission and so on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Second, create another table named <code>sales.commissions<\/code> to store the sales commissions:<\/p>\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\" aria-describedby=\"shcb-language-3\" data-shcb-language-name=\"SQL (Structured Query Language)\" data-shcb-language-slug=\"sql\"><span><code class=\"hljs language-sql\"><span class=\"hljs-keyword\">CREATE<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">TABLE<\/span> sales.commissions\n(\n    staff_id    <span class=\"hljs-built_in\">INT<\/span> PRIMARY <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">KEY<\/span>, \n    target_id   <span class=\"hljs-built_in\">INT<\/span>, \n    base_amount <span class=\"hljs-built_in\">DECIMAL<\/span>(<span class=\"hljs-number\">10<\/span>, <span class=\"hljs-number\">2<\/span>) \n        <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">NOT<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-literal\">NULL<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">DEFAULT<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-number\">0<\/span>, \n    commission  <span class=\"hljs-built_in\">DECIMAL<\/span>(<span class=\"hljs-number\">10<\/span>, <span class=\"hljs-number\">2<\/span>) \n        <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">NOT<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-literal\">NULL<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">DEFAULT<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-number\">0<\/span>, \n    <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">FOREIGN<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">KEY<\/span>(target_id) \n        <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">REFERENCES<\/span> sales.targets(target_id), \n    <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">FOREIGN<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">KEY<\/span>(staff_id) \n        <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">REFERENCES<\/span> sales.staffs(staff_id),\n);\n\n<span class=\"hljs-keyword\">INSERT<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">INTO<\/span> \n    sales.commissions(staff_id, base_amount, target_id)\n<span class=\"hljs-keyword\">VALUES<\/span>\n    (<span class=\"hljs-number\">1<\/span>,<span class=\"hljs-number\">100000<\/span>,<span class=\"hljs-number\">2<\/span>),\n    (<span class=\"hljs-number\">2<\/span>,<span class=\"hljs-number\">120000<\/span>,<span class=\"hljs-number\">1<\/span>),\n    (<span class=\"hljs-number\">3<\/span>,<span class=\"hljs-number\">80000<\/span>,<span class=\"hljs-number\">3<\/span>),\n    (<span class=\"hljs-number\">4<\/span>,<span class=\"hljs-number\">900000<\/span>,<span class=\"hljs-number\">4<\/span>),\n    (<span class=\"hljs-number\">5<\/span>,<span class=\"hljs-number\">950000<\/span>,<span class=\"hljs-number\">5<\/span>);\n<\/code><\/span><small class=\"shcb-language\" id=\"shcb-language-3\"><span class=\"shcb-language__label\">Code language:<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__name\">SQL (Structured Query Language)<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">(<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__slug\">sql<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">)<\/span><\/small><\/pre>\n\n\n<p>The <code>sales.commissions<\/code> table stores sales staff identification, <code>target_id<\/code>, <code>base_amount<\/code>, and <code>commission<\/code>. This table links to the <code>sales.targets<\/code> table via the <code>target_id<\/code> column.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our goal is to calculate the commissions of all sales staffs based on their sales targets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id='a-sql-server-update-inner-join-example'>A) SQL Server UPDATE INNER JOIN example <a href=\"#a-sql-server-update-inner-join-example\" class=\"anchor\" id=\"a-sql-server-update-inner-join-example\" title=\"Anchor for A) SQL Server &lt;code&gt;UPDATE INNER JOIN&lt;\/code&gt; example\">#<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The following statement uses the <code>UPDATE INNER JOIN<\/code> to calculate the sales commission for all sales staffs:<\/p>\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\" aria-describedby=\"shcb-language-4\" data-shcb-language-name=\"SQL (Structured Query Language)\" data-shcb-language-slug=\"sql\"><span><code class=\"hljs language-sql\"><span class=\"hljs-keyword\">UPDATE<\/span>\n    sales.commissions\n<span class=\"hljs-keyword\">SET<\/span>\n    sales.commissions.commission = \n        c.base_amount * t.percentage\n<span class=\"hljs-keyword\">FROM<\/span> \n    sales.commissions c\n    <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">INNER<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">JOIN<\/span> sales.targets t\n        <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">ON<\/span> c.target_id = t.target_id;\n<\/code><\/span><small class=\"shcb-language\" id=\"shcb-language-4\"><span class=\"shcb-language__label\">Code language:<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__name\">SQL (Structured Query Language)<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">(<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__slug\">sql<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">)<\/span><\/small><\/pre>\n\n\n<p>Here is the output:<\/p>\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\" aria-describedby=\"shcb-language-5\" data-shcb-language-name=\"SQL (Structured Query Language)\" data-shcb-language-slug=\"sql\"><span><code class=\"hljs language-sql\">(5 rows affected)\n<\/code><\/span><small class=\"shcb-language\" id=\"shcb-language-5\"><span class=\"shcb-language__label\">Code language:<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__name\">SQL (Structured Query Language)<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">(<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__slug\">sql<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">)<\/span><\/small><\/pre>\n\n\n<p>If you query the <code>sales.commissions<\/code> table again, you will see that the values in the commission column are updated:<\/p>\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\" aria-describedby=\"shcb-language-6\" data-shcb-language-name=\"SQL (Structured Query Language)\" data-shcb-language-slug=\"sql\"><span><code class=\"hljs language-sql\"><span class=\"hljs-keyword\">SELECT<\/span> \n    *\n<span class=\"hljs-keyword\">FROM<\/span> \n    sales.commissions;\n<\/code><\/span><small class=\"shcb-language\" id=\"shcb-language-6\"><span class=\"shcb-language__label\">Code language:<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__name\">SQL (Structured Query Language)<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">(<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__slug\">sql<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">)<\/span><\/small><\/pre>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"262\" height=\"113\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sqlservertutorial.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/SQL-Server-UPDATE-JOIN-INNER-JOIN-example.png\" alt=\"SQL Server UPDATE JOIN - INNER JOIN example\" class=\"wp-image-1873\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id='b-sql-server-update-left-join-example'>B) SQL Server UPDATE LEFT JOIN example <a href=\"#b-sql-server-update-left-join-example\" class=\"anchor\" id=\"b-sql-server-update-left-join-example\" title=\"Anchor for B) SQL Server &lt;code&gt;UPDATE LEFT JOIN&lt;\/code&gt; example\">#<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Suppose we have two more new sales staffs that have just joined and they don&#8217;t have any target yet:<\/p>\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\" aria-describedby=\"shcb-language-7\" data-shcb-language-name=\"SQL (Structured Query Language)\" data-shcb-language-slug=\"sql\"><span><code class=\"hljs language-sql\"><span class=\"hljs-keyword\">INSERT<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">INTO<\/span> \n    sales.commissions(staff_id, base_amount, target_id)\n<span class=\"hljs-keyword\">VALUES<\/span>\n    (<span class=\"hljs-number\">6<\/span>,<span class=\"hljs-number\">100000<\/span>,<span class=\"hljs-literal\">NULL<\/span>),\n    (<span class=\"hljs-number\">7<\/span>,<span class=\"hljs-number\">120000<\/span>,<span class=\"hljs-literal\">NULL<\/span>);\n<\/code><\/span><small class=\"shcb-language\" id=\"shcb-language-7\"><span class=\"shcb-language__label\">Code language:<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__name\">SQL (Structured Query Language)<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">(<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__slug\">sql<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">)<\/span><\/small><\/pre>\n\n\n<p>We assume that the commission for the new sales staffs is 0.1 or 10%, we can update the commission of all sales staffs using the <code>UPDATE LEFT JOIN<\/code> as follows:<\/p>\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\" aria-describedby=\"shcb-language-8\" data-shcb-language-name=\"SQL (Structured Query Language)\" data-shcb-language-slug=\"sql\"><span><code class=\"hljs language-sql\"><span class=\"hljs-keyword\">UPDATE<\/span> \n    sales.commissions\n<span class=\"hljs-keyword\">SET<\/span>  \n    sales.commissions.commission = \n        c.base_amount  * <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">COALESCE<\/span>(t.percentage,<span class=\"hljs-number\">0.1<\/span>)\n<span class=\"hljs-keyword\">FROM<\/span>  \n    sales.commissions c\n    <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">LEFT<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">JOIN<\/span> sales.targets t \n        <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">ON<\/span> c.target_id = t.target_id;\n<\/code><\/span><small class=\"shcb-language\" id=\"shcb-language-8\"><span class=\"shcb-language__label\">Code language:<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__name\">SQL (Structured Query Language)<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">(<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__slug\">sql<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">)<\/span><\/small><\/pre>\n\n\n<p>In this example, we used <code><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sqlservertutorial.net\/sql-server-basics\/sql-server-coalesce\/\">COALESCE()<\/a><\/code> to return 0.1 if the percentage is NULL.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Note that if you use the <code>UPDATE INNER JOIN<\/code> clause, just the five rows of the table whose targets are not NULL will be updated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Let&#8217;s examine the data in the <code>sales.commissions<\/code> table:<\/p>\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\" aria-describedby=\"shcb-language-9\" data-shcb-language-name=\"SQL (Structured Query Language)\" data-shcb-language-slug=\"sql\"><span><code class=\"hljs language-sql\"><span class=\"hljs-keyword\">SELECT<\/span> \n  * \n<span class=\"hljs-keyword\">FROM<\/span> \n    sales.commissions;\n<\/code><\/span><small class=\"shcb-language\" id=\"shcb-language-9\"><span class=\"shcb-language__label\">Code language:<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__name\">SQL (Structured Query Language)<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">(<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__slug\">sql<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">)<\/span><\/small><\/pre>\n\n\n<p>The result set is as follows:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"256\" height=\"154\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sqlservertutorial.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/SQL-Server-UPDATE-JOIN-LEFT-JOIN-example.png\" alt=\"SQL Server UPDATE JOIN - 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