Updating DISTINCTROW in SQL Server [duplicate] - sql-server

Question

What would the syntax be to convert this MS Access query to run in SQL Server as it doesn't have a DistinctRow keyword
UPDATE DISTINCTROW [MyTable]
INNER JOIN [AnotherTable] ON ([MyTable].J5BINB = [AnotherTable].GKBINB)
AND ([MyTable].J5BHNB = [AnotherTable].GKBHNB)
AND ([MyTable].J5BDCD = [AnotherTable].GKBDCD)
SET [AnotherTable].TessereCorso = [MyTable].[J5F7NR];

Answer 1

DISTINCTROW [MyTable] removes duplicate MyTable entries from the results. Example:
select distinctrow items
items.item_number, items.name
from items
join orders on orders.item_id = items.id;
In spite of the join getting you the same item_number and name multiple times when there is more than one order for it, DISTINCTROW reduces this to one row per item. So the whole join is merely for assuring that you only select items for which exist at least one order. You don't find DISTINCTROW in any other DBMS as far as I know. Probably because it is not needed. When checking for existence, we use EXISTS of course (or IN for that matter).
You are joining MyTable and AnotherTable and expect for some reason to get the same MyTable record multifold for one AnotherTable record, so you use DISTINCTROW to only get it once. Your query would (hopefully) fail if you got two different MyTable records for one AnotherTable record.
What the update does is:
update anothertable
set tesserecorso = (select top 1 j5f7nr from mytable where mytable.j5binb = anothertable.gkbinb and ...)
where exists (select * from mytable where mytable.j5binb = anothertable.gkbinb and ...)
But this uses about the same subquery twice. So we'd want to update from a query instead.
The easiest way to get one result record per <some columns> in a standard SQL query is to aggregate data:
select *
from anothertable a
join
(
select j5binb, j5bhnb, j5bdcd, max(j5f7nr) as j5f7nr
from mytable
group by j5binb, j5bhnb, j5bdcd
) m on m.j5binb = a.gkbinb and m.j5bhnb = a.gkbhnb and m.j5bdcd = a.gkbdcd;
How to write an updateble query is different from one DBMS to another. Here is the final update statement for SQL-Server:
update a
set a.tesserecorso = m.j5f7nr
from anothertable a
join
(
select j5binb, j5bhnb, j5bdcd, max(j5f7nr) as j5f7nr
from mytable
group by j5binb, j5bhnb, j5bdcd
) m on m.j5binb = a.gkbinb and m.j5bhnb = a.gkbhnb and m.j5bdcd = a.gkbdcd;

Answer 2

The DISTINCTROW predicate in MS Access SQL removes duplicates across all fields of a table in join statements and not just the selected fields of query (which DISTINCT in practically all SQL dialects do). So consider selecting all fields in a derived table with DISTINCT predicate:
UPDATE [AnotherTable]
SET [AnotherTable].TessereCorso = main.[J5F7NR]
FROM
(SELECT DISTINCT m.* FROM [MyTable] m) As main
INNER JOIN [AnotherTable]
ON (main.J5BINB = [AnotherTable].GKBINB)
AND (main.J5BHNB = [AnotherTable].GKBHNB)
AND (main.J5BDCD = [AnotherTable].GKBDCD)

Answer 3

Another variant of the query.. (Too lazy to get the original tables).
But like the query above updates 35 rows =, so does this one
UPDATE [Albi-Anagrafe-Associati]
SET
[Albi-Anagrafe-Associati].CRegDitte = [055- Registri ditte].[CRegDitte],
[Albi-Anagrafe-Associati].NIscrTribunale = [055- Registri ditte].[NIscrTribunale],
[Albi-Anagrafe-Associati].NRegImprese = [055- Registri ditte].[NRegImprese]
FROM [055- Registri ditte]
WHERE EXISTS(
SELECT *
FROM [055- Registri ditte]-- [Albi-Anagrafe-Associati]
WHERE ([055- Registri ditte].GIBINB = [Albi-Anagrafe-Associati].GKBINB)
AND ([055- Registri ditte].GIBHNB = [Albi-Anagrafe-Associati].GKBHNB)
AND ([055- Registri ditte].GIBDCD = [Albi-Anagrafe-Associati].GKBDCD))

Answer 4

Update [AnotherTable]
Set [AnotherTable].TessereCorso = MyTable.[J5F7NR]
From [AnotherTable]
Inner Join
(
Select Distinct [J5BINB],[5BHNB],[J5BDCD]
,(Select Top 1 [J5F7NR] From MyTable) as [J5F7NR]
,[J5BHNB]
From MyTable
)as MyTable
On (MyTable.J5BINB = [AnotherTable].GKBINB)
AND (MyTable.J5BHNB = [AnotherTable].GKBHNB)
AND (MyTable.J5BDCD = [AnotherTable].GKBDCD)