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Subject:   multiple updates in a single query
Date:   2002-11-14 00:57:59
From:   anonymous2
hi,
it was really a nice article. I have a question.
I a trying to update multiple entries with a single update statement. But my nth update is dependent on n-1th update. LEt us take an example.


lets say the query being executed is


update tbl set id = max(id) +1 where id < -9.


So in this, my last set id call will change the max(id).
On execution this query throws some exception ora-00934 saying group function is not allowed here.
can this type of updates be done? or is my query wrong?


Regards
A. Bansal
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