Stored Procedure

[David Way]

How do I write a stored procedure that selects and orders
n records from a table and then updates each of the
selected records 1 through n in the order selected

 

[MGFoster]

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Perhaps this? Not too sure of the UPDATE statement. Read the Books on
Line (BOL) for more info on T-SQL syntax for UPDATE w/ SELECT.

CREATE PROCEDURE usp_UpdateNRecords
@nRecords INTEGER,
@update_value VARCHAR -- change data type to whatever you need.
AS
-- Set up a dynamic SQL string that will be EXECuted.
DECLARE @strSQL VARCHAR(500)
SET @strSQL =
'UPDATE table_name
SET column_name = ' + @update_value + '
SELECT TOP ' + @nRecords + ' *
FROM table_name
WHERE -- set up <criteria> as needed
ORDER BY column_name'

EXEC (@strSQL)

The table_name refers to the same table in both the Update & Select
statements.

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