Using SUM function in an update query with inner joins - mysql

Question

Getting an error when running this
UPDATE FlightBooking
INNER JOIN Passenger ON Passenger.FlightBookingId=FlightBooking.FlightBookingId
INNER JOIN AirplaneSeat ON AirplaneSeat.AirplaneSeatId = Passenger.SeatId
INNER JOIN Section ON AirplaneSeat.SectionId = Section.SectionId
INNER JOIN ExtraCost ON ExtraCost.FlightBookingId=FlightBooking.FlightBookingId
INNER JOIN Luggage ON Luggage.LuggageId = ExtraCost.LuggageId
INNER JOIN SportsEquipment ON ExtraCost.SportsEquipmentId=SportsEquipment.SportsEquipmentId
INNER JOIN Insurance ON ExtraCost.InsuranceId = Insurance.InsuranceId
INNER JOIN CarHirePrice ON CarHirePrice.CarHirePriceId= ExtraCost.CarHirePriceId
INNER JOIN Route ON FlightBooking.RouteId = Route.RouteId
SET FlightBooking.TotalCost = (SUM(Section.PriceInflux+Route.RoutePrice+Luggage.Price+SportsEquipment.SportsEquipmentPrice+Insurance.Price+CarHirePrice.TotalPrice))
WHERE FlightBooking.FlightBookingId=1;
When I have it formed as a Select query it returns the correct value so all the tables are fine. I'm assuming my syntax is wrong.
Any help would be appreciated.

Answer 1

You should use the following syntax when using an aggregate in an update statement.
UPDATE t1
SET t1.field = t2.field2Sum
FROM table1 t1
INNER JOIN (select field3, sum(field2) as field2Sum
from table2
group by field3) as t2
on t2.field3 = t1.field3
See Below, I only scripted a few tables but you can see how to do the rest.
UPDATE FlightBooking set TotalCost = (ExtraCost.SumExtra + SumLuggage) From FlightBooking
INNER JOIN Passenger ON Passenger.FlightBookingId=FlightBooking.FlightBookingId
INNER JOIN AirplaneSeat ON AirplaneSeat.AirplaneSeatId = Passenger.SeatId
INNER JOIN Section ON AirplaneSeat.SectionId = Section.SectionId
INNER JOIN (Select FlightBookingId, sum(ExtraCost) as SumExtra from Extracost Group by FlightBookingId) as ExtraCost
ON ExtraCost.FlightBookingId=FlightBooking.FlightBookingId
INNER JOIN (Select FlightBookingId, sum(Price) as SumLuggage from Luggage Group by FlightBookingId) as Luggage
ON Luggage.FlightBookingId=FlightBooking.FlightBookingId

Answer 2

Are you sure that you have multiple records that match a single booking id?
If not, you can dispense with the sum():
SET FlightBooking.TotalCost = (Section.PriceInflux+Route.RoutePrice+Luggage.Price+SportsEquipment.SportsEquipmentPrice+Insurance.Price+CarHirePrice.TotalPrice)
If not, you'll need to pre-aggregate the tables that could generate multiple rows. In fact, you need to do this anyway to get a valid result (Cartesian products generated by joins will throw off the over sum).

Answer 3

many different possibilities for using aggregate funtion with update and inner join
UPDATE flight
SET flight.TotalCost = t.sumPrice
FROM FlightBooking AS flight
INNER JOIN
(
SELECT SUM(Section.PriceInflux+Route.RoutePrice+Luggage.Price+SportsEquipment.SportsEquipmentPrice+Insurance.Price+CarHirePrice.TotalPrice)) as sumPrice
FROM Passenger ON Passenger.FlightBookingId=flight.FlightBookingId
INNER JOIN AirplaneSeat ON AirplaneSeat.AirplaneSeatId = Passenger.SeatId
INNER JOIN Section ON AirplaneSeat.SectionId = Section.SectionId
INNER JOIN ExtraCost ON ExtraCost.FlightBookingId=flight.FlightBookingId
INNER JOIN Luggage ON Luggage.LuggageId = ExtraCost.LuggageId
INNER JOIN SportsEquipment ON ExtraCost.SportsEquipmentId=SportsEquipment.SportsEquipmentId
INNER JOIN Insurance ON ExtraCost.InsuranceId = Insurance.InsuranceId
INNER JOIN CarHirePrice ON CarHirePrice.CarHirePriceId= ExtraCost.CarHirePriceId
INNER JOIN Route ON flight.RouteId = Route.RouteId
) t
WHERE flight.bookingID = 1
also have a look to this examples
PC #PauloSantos and #OMGPonieshttps://stackoverflow.com/a/2009981/4426282