Update Top 1 record in table sql server [duplicate]

Answer 1

For those who are finding for a thread safe solution, take a look here.

Code:

UPDATE Account 
SET    sg_status = 'A'
OUTPUT INSERTED.AccountId --You only need this if you want to return some column of the updated item
WHERE  AccountId = 
(
    SELECT TOP 1 AccountId 
    FROM Account WITH (UPDLOCK) --this is what makes the query thread safe!
    ORDER  BY CreationDate 
)

Answer 2

UPDATE TX_Master_PCBA
SET TIMESTAMP2 = '2013-12-12 15:40:31.593',
G_FIELD='0000'
WHERE TIMESTAMP2 IN 
(
   SELECT TOP 1 TIMESTAMP2
   FROM TX_Master_PCBA WHERE SERIAL_NO='0500030309'
   ORDER BY TIMESTAMP2 DESC   -- You need to decide what column you want to sort on
)

Answer 3

Accepted answer of Kapil is flawed, it will update more than one record if there are 2 or more than one records available with same timestamps, not a true top 1 query.

    ;With cte as (
                    SELECT TOP(1) email_fk FROM abc WHERE id= 177 ORDER BY created DESC   
            )
    UPDATE cte SET email_fk = 10

Ref Remus Rusanu Ans:- SQL update top1 row query

Answer 4

When TOP is used with INSERT, UPDATE, MERGE, or DELETE, the referenced rows are not arranged in any order and the ORDER BY clause can not be directly specified in these statements. If you need to use TOP to insert, delete, or modify rows in a meaningful chronological order, you must use TOP together with an ORDER BY clause that is specified in a subselect statement.

TOP cannot be used in an UPDATE and DELETE statements on partitioned views.

TOP cannot be combined with OFFSET and FETCH in the same query expression (in the same query scope). For more information, see http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms189463.aspx

Answer 5

It also works well ...

Update t
Set t.TIMESTAMP2 = '2013-12-12 15:40:31.593'
From
(
    Select Top 1 TIMESTAMP2
    From TX_Master_PCBA
    Where SERIAL_NO IN ('0500030309')
    Order By TIMESTAMP2 DESC
) t

Answer 6

WITH UpdateList_view AS (
  SELECT TOP 1  * from TX_Master_PCBA 
  WHERE SERIAL_NO IN ('0500030309') 
  ORDER BY TIMESTAMP2 DESC 
)

update UpdateList_view 
set TIMESTAMP2 = '2013-12-12 15:40:31.593'