Update only if not null
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Hi,
I have this update statement,
UPDATE products SET productdetail = @detail, productprice = @price WHERE productid = @id.
Sometimes the value of @price will be null. For those cases, I don't want to update the price, I want to update only the detail. Is it possible to do in one single statement. I can do two updates, update detail followed by update price if price not null. But I would like to know if there is any other way to do it.
Thanks.
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No but I still want to update the detail even if the price is null. I think the above statement either updates both detail and price or updates neither.
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This is what I initially thought of. Its part of a big stored procedure. I am just curious if I can do it in one statement, to reduce the clutter. I guess not. Thanks.
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>I guess not.
Guess again
UPDATE products
SET productdetail = @detail,
--Set productprice equal to itself, if @price is null
productprice = IsNull(@price, productprice)
WHERE productid = @id
[Edit] Dang, too slow
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UPDATE products
SET productdetail = @detail,
productprice = ISNULL(@price, productprice)
WHERE productid = @id.
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