I believe the expression below is what will work. Thank you.
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>That's not what your original update statement does. Try
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>UPDATE mytable SET myfld1 = IIF(myfld1 > nValue1, myfld1 - nValue1, 0) + nValue2 WHERE Pk = nPkValue
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>You'll have to replace IIF() with CASE in MS SQL Server
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>> I think maybe you changed the syntax because function MAX() in SQL Server takes only one parameter (is this the case?)?
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>I don't understand what you're asking and the aggregate MAX() function accept only one parameter in VFP as well.
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Maybe we are talking about different things. But I see in VFP help MAX() function that takes many parameters.
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