Advanced (for me) Query help

  • SQL 2000 - I have two tables that I need to manipulate some data between. I need to develop an sql script that will do the following:

    Update the ManagerID field in Table1 with the Supervisors ID from Table1 based on the persons defined Supervisor in Table2

    All ManagerID values in Table1 start out at 0

    Example for after script has been run:

    John Doe's ManagerID in Table1 should be 50

    Dave Smith's ManagerID in Table1 should be 51

    Mary Jane's ManagerID in Table1 should be 52

    Example Tables before script is run:

    Table1

    ID UserID Last_Name First_Name ManagerID

    1 20 Doe John 0

    2 21 Smith Dave 0

    3 22 Jane Mary 0

    50 Maint Sup Smith Bob 0

    51 Prod Sup Wilson Kevin 0

    52 Unit Oper Peters Gary 0

    Table2

    UserID Last_Name First_Name Supervisor

    20 Doe John Maint Sup

    21 Smith Dave Prod Sup

    22 Jane Mary Unit Oper

  • Here is a select statement that will show how to get the information you are looking for. All you need to do is convert this into an UPDATE statement:

    Selectt1.Id

    ,t1.UserID

    ,t1.Last_Name

    ,t1.First_Name

    ,t2.Supervisor

    ,t3.Id As ManagerId

    From #table1 t1

    Inner Join #table2 t2 On t2.UserID = t1.UserID

    Inner Join #table1 t3 On t3.UserID = t2.Supervisor

    Where t1.ID < 50;

    Jeff

    Edit: Posted just a bit too soon...:)

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  • Hey Jeff,

    I was able to resolve my issue with the following after some expert help of course. I learned a bit along the way which is great.

    Hope this might help someone else with a similar request.

    UPDATE t1

    SET t1.ManagerID = t1_2.ID

    FROM TLMUser t1

    JOIN Supervisor_Tmp t2 ON t1.UserID = t2.UserID

    JOIN TLMUser t1_2 ON t2.Supervisor = t1_2.UserID

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