PRB: View Created with a Subquery Cannot Be Updated

Last reviewed: April 28, 1997
Article ID: Q80398

The information in this article applies to:

  - Microsoft SQL Server version 4.2 for OS/2
  - Microsoft SQL Server version 4.2

SYMPTOMS

A view created using a subquery cannot be updated. An attempt to update a view created with a subquery generates the following message:

   View <view_name> is not updatable because it contains aggregates.
   (Msg 4403, Level 16, State 1).

CAUSE

This is similar to the case where a view created with an aggregate cannot be updated. This happens because the subqueries are processed as a special type of aggregate, and therefore few significant differences exist between aggregate and subquery processing.

According to ANSI (X3.135-1989), a view cannot be updated if it includes a subquery.

Additional query words: Windows NT
Keywords : kbother SSrvTran_SQL SSrvWinNT
Version : 4.2 | 4.2
Platform : OS/2 Windows
Issue type : kberrmsg

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Last reviewed: April 28, 1997
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