>Hi,
>
>I am struggling with creating the following SQL UPDATE:
>
>I have table PART_LIST with the PK field PART_PK (int) and unique field PART_NO (char).
>Another table is PART_AUDIT with FK PART_PK and FK PART_NO.
>I want to update PART_AUDIT column PART_PK with NULL for those records that do not have an entry of PART_NO in the PART_LIST. That is, before I can set the FK constraint on PART_PK I need to eliminate all the invalid keys.
>
>I would appreciate any suggestions or some sample code.
>
>This is my attempt at the code
>
>
>update PART_AUDIT set PART_PK = null where not exists (select PART_PK from PART_LIST where
> PART_LIST.PART_NO = PART_AUDIT.PART_NO)
>
A follow up question. Do you (all) think my code would work as well if I delete the records that do not "belong"? E.g. if I change my code to:
DELETE FROM PART_AUDIT where not exists (select PART_PK from PART_LIST where
PART_LIST.PART_NO = PART_AUDIT.PART_NO)
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