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Hi All,
I have a table with 3 fields like id,mark1,mark2 and I would
like to update a mark3 field that would calculate the max
for each record (so the max value of the 2 fields) in
Teradata
ID Mark1 Mark2 Mark3
1 10 20
2 20 30
3 40 10
4 50 50
I Have to write a update statement Mark3 with max value of
mark1,mark2 fields…like bellow
ID Mark1 Mark2 Mark3
1 10 20 20
2 20 30 30
3 40 10 40
4 50 50 50
Please any one help me ....Thq

Answer Posted / tdguy

Above answer is correct. Update statement would be the best
option (with case).

Update tablename
set mark3 = case when mark1>mark2
then mark1 else mark2 end;

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