Sergey,

thank you very much. Looks I like I need to update myself. The form UPDATE Alias SET .. FROM .. AS ALias seems to solve some of my problems

Agnes

>

>UPDATE t0 SET n1 = tm.n1m ;
>	FROM (lcCur) t0 JOIN ( ;
>		SELECT t1.m1, t1.m2, MAX(t1.n1 * t2.f1) AS n1m ;
>			FROM (lcCur) t1 JOIN Test2 t2 ON t2.Mx = t1.M1 OR t2.Mx = t1.M2 ;
>			GROUP BY 1,2 ;
>		) tm ON tm.m1 = t0.m1 AND tm.m2 = t0.m2
>
>

>
>>Okay, this one works fine. Thank you.
>>
>>Now the tricky part
>>
>>test is not directly availabel
>>
>>All i now is a var just like
>>

>>lcCur = 'Test'
>>

>>
>>

>>lcCur = 'Test'
>>UPDATE (lcCur) SET n1 = tm.n1m ;
>>	FROM (lcCur) inner JOIN ( ;
>>		SELECT t1.m1, t1.m2, MAX(t1.n1 * t2.f1) AS n1m ;
>>			FROM (lcCur) t1 inner JOIN Test2 t2 ON t2.Mx = t1.M1 OR t2.Mx = t1.M2 ;
>>			GROUP BY 1,2 ;
>>		) tm ON tm.m1 = &lcCur..m1 AND tm.m2 = &lcCur..m2
>>

>>
>>will not work.
>>