I have a database with account numbers
and card numbers
. I match these to a file to update
any card numbers to the account number, so
I'd like to add one extra thing.
Don't update a value with the same value, it generates extra logging and unnecessary overhead. See example below - it will only perform the update on 2 records despite linking on 3.
DROP TABLE #TMP1
DROP TABLE #TMP2
CREATE TABLE #TMP1(LeadID Int,AccountNumber NVarchar(50))
CREATE TABLE #TMP2(LeadID Int,AccountNumber NVarchar(50))
INSERT INTO #TMP1 VALUES
(147,'5807811235')
,(150,'5807811326')
,(185,'7006100100007267039');
INSERT INTO #TMP2 VALUES
(147,'7006100100007266957')
,(150,'7006100100007267039')
,(185,'7006100100007267039');
UPDATE A
SET A.AccountNumber = B.AccountNumber
FROM
#TMP1 A
INNER JOIN #TMP2 B
ON
A.LeadID = B.LeadID
WHERE
A.AccountNumber <> B.AccountNumber --DON'T OVERWRITE A VALUE WITH THE SAME VALUE
SELECT * FROM #TMP1