问题
I have 2 tables 'A' and 'B'. Both have a common column 'name' and linked with each other by a column 'id'. The column 'name' in the table A is empty whereas it has data in table B. My task is to fill all the data in that column from table B to table A with corresponding ids.
I'm using the following query:
UPDATE A
SET A.name = (SELECT B.name from B WHERE A.id = B.id)
WHERE EXISTS
(SELECT B.name from B)
As soon as I run the query in SQL developer, it just freezes and i have to force close it. Can anyone tell me what's wrong with the query?
回答1:
Try this one instead:
UPDATE A
SET A.name = (SELECT B.name FROM B WHERE B.id = A.id AND B.name IS NOT NULL)
WHERE a.name IS NULL;
Since you're using Oracle, here's the reference for IS NOT NULL.
Here's the SQL Fiddle so that you can play with it: http://sqlfiddle.com/#!4/a5ad0/3
回答2:
I'm not sure from the above conversation whether you made any changes beyond indexing your data, but you should include a WHERE EXISTS clause as mentioned. The complete query should look like this:
UPDATE A
SET A.name = ( SELECT B.name FROM B WHERE B.id = A.id )
WHERE EXISTS ( SELECT 1 FROM B WHERE B.id = A.id )
The WHERE EXISTS clause in your original query won't do much of anything except check to see if there is at least one non-NULL value of name in B.
来源：https://stackoverflow.com/questions/12267329/updating-a-column-in-one-table-through-a-column-in-another-table