You might want to add to you where clause AND EXISTS (select null from ad_mart.wof@repdb<mailto:ad_mart.wof@repdb> b where b.job_nbr = a.job_nbr and b.adj_nbr_key = a.adj_nbr_key) because without the AND EXISTS clause you will be updating rows in A that have no corresponding vlaue in B. De : oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] De la part de Igor Neyman Envoyé : vendredi, 16. avril 2010 11:08 À : barb.baker@xxxxxxxxx Cc : ORACLE-L Objet : Re: sqlplus update table from table Barbara, Try this: UPDATE ad_mart.wof a SET a.status = ( SELECT b.status FROM ad_mart.wof@repdb b WHERE b.job_nbr = a.job_nbr AND b.adj_nbr_key = a.adj_nbr_key) WHERE a.issue = b.issue and a.issue = '01-APR-08' and a.status='D' / Igor Neyman On Fri, Apr 16, 2010 at 1:46 PM, Barbara Baker <barb.baker@xxxxxxxxx<mailto:barb.baker@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote: hi, all. oracle 9.2.0.7, linux I have identical tables in 2 databases (dwprod and repdb) I want to update column STATUS in table wof in database dwprod to be equal to STATUS in table wof in database repdb (using a database link) when the status in dwprod is 'D' and the date and keys are equal and the date is april 1 2008 I've tried a bunch of In's Where's Minuses, etc, but I'm not getting it. Any ideas? Thanks SO MUCH. Barb update ad_mart.wof a set a.status = b.status where (a.job_nbr,a.adj_nbr_key,a.issue) IN (select job_nbr,adj_nbr_key,issue from ad_mart.wof a , ad_mart.wof@repdb b where ( a.job_nbr = b.job_nbr and a.adj_nbr_key = b.adj_nbr_key and a.issue = b.issue and a.issue = '01-APR-08' and a.status='D') ) /