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multipart identifier could not be bound

vempralachaitanya

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November 9, 2008 at 6:02 am

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create table s(sid int, sno int)
create table t(sid int, sno int)
insert into s(sid,sno) values (1,1001)
insert into s(sid,sno) values (2,1002)
insert into s(sid,sno) values (3,1003)
insert into s(sid,sno) values (4,1004)
insert into t(sid,sno) values (1,1001)
insert into t(sid) values (2)
insert into t(sid) values (3)
insert into t(sid) values (4)
now am trying to update all the sno column in t
--Query
update t set t.sno=
(select s.sno from t,s where s.sid=t.sid and t.sno is null)
where t.sno is null and t.sid=s.sid
am getting the following error
--error
Msg 4104, Sevel 16, State 1, Line 1
The multi-part identifier on s.sid could not be bound
Please help me where i shall need to correct the query above.
--Thank You
Chaitanya

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Ron McCullough SSC Guru Points: 63877 More actions · Answer 1

First this clause of your statement:

select s.sno from t,s where s.sid=t.sid and t.sno is null

will return more than a single value, this then yieds the error

Msg 512, Level 16, State 1, Line 1

Subquery returned more than 1 value. This is not permitted when the subquery follows =, !=, = or when the subquery is used as an expression.

The statement has been terminated.

If everything seems to be going well, you have obviously overlooked something.

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Gail Shaw SSC Guru Points: 1004504 More actions · Answer 2

UPDATE t SET t.sno = s.sno

FROM t INNER JOIN s ON s.sid=t.sid

WHERE t.sno IS NULL

Gail Shaw
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vempralachaitanya SSC Veteran Points: 219 More actions · Answer 3

Thank you for the solution sir.

But can you please tell me why the where clause is bouncing and what is the reason?

Gail Shaw SSC Guru Points: 1004504 More actions · Answer 4

vempralachaitanya (11/9/2008)
But can you please tell me why the where clause is bouncing and what is the reason?

Bouncing?

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StarNamer SSCrazy Eights Points: 8746 More actions · Answer 5

vempralachaitanya (11/9/2008)
--Query
update t set t.sno=
(select s.sno from t,s where s.sid=t.sid and t.sno is null)
where t.sno is null and t.sid=s.sid
am getting the following error
--error
Msg 4104, Sevel 16, State 1, Line 1
The multi-part identifier on s.sid could not be bound

The highlighted element (s.sid) does not refer to any object used outside the subquery, hence the error. You cannot refer into a subquery, but references the other way work fine, so the following achieves what you want.update t

set t.sno=(select s.sno from s where s.sid=t.sid)

where t.sno is null

Derek

waqasanwar98 Valued Member Points: 53 More actions · Answer 6

Hi all, i m new to sql... i m facing a problem while executing this query on sql server 2005...

the multipart identifier could not be bound..

SELECT DISTINCT '(' + tblDefProducts.Product_number + ') ' + tblDefProducts.item_name AS Product_number, tblDefProducts.product_id

FROM tblDefProducts

Where 1 = 1

AND tblDefProducts.Gender In (1)

I have a table named tbllineitems having column line_item_id...i want to put a check on it that only the item against selected lineitem should be shown...plzzz help me...thanx in advance..

Gail Shaw SSC Guru Points: 1004504 More actions · Answer 7

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Gail Shaw
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