>>>Yes, sure. JOIN with 2 derived tables or better use CTE to simplify the code.
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>>I don't know how CTE works (or what it is). But I will think on how to apply JOIN to this case. Thank you.
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>I updated my reply with the code, but didn't have a chance to post - BTW, I didn't get an error either.
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>Anyway, here is the code:
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>;with cteSum1 as (select
>PurchaseOrders.ProjectAccount, sum(PurchaseOrders.PoAmount) as TotPro
>from PurchaseOrders group by ProjectAccount)
>
>update Projects set SpentTest = PoSum.TotPo
>from Projects inner join cteSum1 PoSum
>ON Projects.ProjectAccount = PoSum.ProjectAccount
>
Thank you for the example.
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