Oracle/Update join
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UPDATE (SELECT b.bonus, e.salary
FROM employee_bonus b
JOIN employees e ON b.employee_id = e.employee_id
WHERE e.bonus_eligible = 1) t
SET t.bonus = 0.1 * t.salary;
Views and selects with joins may only be updated when each row can be identified by a uique ID, so the join MUST be performed using key columns (in this example emloyee_id)!