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From: Rich Shepard <rshepard@appl-ecosys.com>
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Subject: Re: UPDATE with multiple WHERE conditions
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On Thu, 13 Jun 2024, Muhammad Salahuddin Manzoor wrote:

> You can use Temporary table. You could create a temporary table with one
> column containing the condition values and then use it to update your main
> table. This approach can be more flexible and cleaner than writing a
> script with multiple update statements.

Salahuddin,

Thank you. I thought this would be the best approach.

Regards,

Rich