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Update statement to increment column value

Please consider following setup

Control Group   Sequence
-------------------------
Cont1   Group1  0
Cont2   Group1  1
Cont3   Group1  2
Cont3   Group2  0
Cont2   Group2  1
Cont1   Group2  2

Increment sequence with +1 for sequence >= sequence of cont2 and for respective Group

The result should be

Control Group   Sequence
------------------------
Cont1   Group1  0
Cont2   Group1  2
Cont3   Group1  3
Cont3   Group2  0
Cont2   Group2  2
Cont1   Group2  3

Can any one help me to construct a SQL query to get above result?

Solution

  • I think this does what you want:

    update setup
    set sequence = sequence + 1
    where sequence >= (select s2.sequence
                       from setup s2
                       where s2.group = s.group and s2.control = 'Cont2'
                      );