Too late, I've read it already :) Why not using an INNER JOIN for Update ?

E.g. UPDATE x SET myField = 'FANC' from table1 x inner join (complex select) y on x.ID = y.ID

>Nevermind, I got it working right :o)
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>Can a field in the result set be updated based on the query result? In other words (I'm trying this unsuccessfully):
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>UPDATE table1 x SET myfield = 'FANC'
>  WHERE EXISTS
>  (SELECT i.* from table1 i
>  WHERE (i.field1 = 'FA' and field2 IN('AAA','BBB') AND i.field3 = 0)
>     AND NOT EXISTS (SELECT * from table3 a WHERE a.table2id = i.table2id AND a.field4 = i.field4))
>     AND (EXISTS (SELECT * from table2 s WHERE s.table2id = i.table2id AND s.fielda <> 'X'
>                   AND s.fieldb <> 'I')
>     OR NOT EXISTS (SELECT * from table2 s WHERE s.table2id = i.table2id)) and x.field4=i.field4)
>

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