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Problem with UPDATE TABLE1 FROM TABLE2 in SQL Server 2005

Running code on SQL Server 2005, and code is inserting rows from our tbl_extract table into our tbl_target table.

tbl_extract - sample data

GLMCU          GLOBJ_ObjectAccount   DomesticAmount

BBIF054978     5130                              1021
BBIF054978     5130                              15610

We can have multiple entries for each GLMCU value.

tbl_target is then populated so that we have an equivalent row for every row from tbl_extract (number of columns on tbl_target has been cut down for legibility)
but at that stage the Rep_Sales column is specifically set to 0

tbl_target - sample data

Tour           Rep_Sales              

BBIF054978     0
BBIF054978     0

Just as we can have multiple entries for each GLMCU value on tbl_extract, we can also have multiple entries for each Tour value on tbl_target.

Later on in processing, we try to set our Rep_Sales values with the following statement :

UPDATE tbl_target
SET Rep_Sales = f.DomesticAmount
FROM tbl_extract f  
WHERE
tbl_target.Tour = f.GLMCU
AND f.GLOBJ_ObjectAccount
IN
('5130', '5120', '5134')

After that statement our tbl_target contents are

Tour           Rep_Sales              

BBIF054978     1021
BBIF054978     1021

So the first entry for Tour BBIF054978 on tbl_target has a Rep_Sales value of 1021 and so is obviously correct.  But instead of the second entry for
Tour BBIF054978 on tbl_target having a Rep_Sales value of 15610 as required, it also ends up with a Rep_Sales value of 1021.

How can I code the update statement so that it picks up BOTH of the values for DomesticAmount from the tbl_extract table ?

Note that we are using SQL Server 2005.

Thanks in advance for any assistance here.
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Thanks for the prompt reply, Guy, and for the link to your article which was very interesting and useful. Have now resolved this problem by adding an id column to both tables and the using that for the row-row joining condition, which now gives the required results ...