Cursor, is it the only way?

[Kevin]

Is using cursor the only way to do update in this case.
I'm updating TableA.ID with TableB.New_id where TableA.ID =
TableB.ID. TableA has 2.5 million records and TableB has 500,000
records. Doing it this way bring the system down to it's knees, and
is taking forever. Any suggestion are welcome.

declare mrn_cur cursor for
select dealer_ident, kealer_id
from dealer
for read only

declare @result int
declare @temp_ident int
declare @temp_id int
declare @temp_var int

open mrn_cur
fetch mrn_cur into @temp_ident, @temp_id

while (@@fetch_status = 0)
begin
begin transaction
update label
set dealer_id = @temp_ident
where dealer_id = @temp_id
commit tran
fetch mrn_cur into @temp_ident, @temp_id
end
close mrn_cur
deallocate mrn_cur
go

[Gregory]

maybe something like this?

update TableA
set TableA.ID = TableB.New_ID
from
TableB
where TableA.ID = TableB.ID


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Kevin at 5/18/99 6:51:16 AM

Is using cursor the only way to do update in this case.
I'm updating TableA.ID with TableB.New_id where TableA.ID =
TableB.ID. TableA has 2.5 million records and TableB has 500,000
records. Doing it this way bring the system down to it's knees, and
is taking forever. Any suggestion are welcome.

declare mrn_cur cursor for
select dealer_ident, kealer_id
from dealer
for read only

declare @result int
declare @temp_ident int
declare @temp_id int
declare @temp_var int

open mrn_cur
fetch mrn_cur into @temp_ident, @temp_id

while (@@fetch_status = 0)
begin
begin transaction
update label
set dealer_id = @temp_ident
where dealer_id = @temp_id
commit tran
fetch mrn_cur into @temp_ident, @temp_id
end
close mrn_cur
deallocate mrn_cur
go