>>One more question (hopefully, for your sake :), last one for today. Your code (below) works.
>>
>>declare @QtyUse as Int;
>>set @QtyUse = 1;
>>update t1 set t1.qty_left = t1.qty_left - @QtyUse
>>from myTable t1
>>inner join
>>(select top (1) t2.pk from MyTable t2 where t2.rec_id = '1'
>> order by t2.date_rec) t2 on t1.pk = t2.pk
>>
>>
>>The only thing is, how do I determine that no record is found in the Select top(1) clause? So, that I can exit the While?
>
>I missed that question.
>
>Use
>
>IF @@ROWCOUNT = 0 condition
>--------------------------
>@@ROWCOUNT variable is updated after each statement, so it should be the next check right after UPDATE.
Thank you!
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