Update table using Openquery linked server

Question

I've tried this code and still got the following error, perhaps anyone could help?

UPDATE a 
SET    a.MMDWNO = '21'
FROM   OPENQUERY(NMIIFLIB,
       'select * from MVXCDTANSN.MITMAS WHERE MMITTY = ''25''') a 

Error :

OLE DB provider "MSDASQL" for linked server "NMIIFLIB" returned message "[IBM][iSeries Access ODBC Driver][DB2 UDB]SQL7008 - MITMAS in MVXCDTANSN not valid for operation.".
Msg 7343, Level 16, State 4, Line 1
The OLE DB provider "MSDASQL" for linked server "NMIIFLIB" could not UPDATE table "[MSDASQL]".

The select statement works fine but when I try to update I always stuck with this.

Azine

Answer 1

If you're trying to update a table on linked server, try this syntax:

UPDATE OPENQUERY(NMIIFLIB, 'select * from MVXCDTANSN.MITMAS where MMITTY = ''25''')
SET MMDWNO = 21

Aldrich

Answer 2

you must try this. Hope this will help you.

UPDATE OPENQUERY(firstlink, 'select * from job.dbo.student where id = ''3''') 
    SET name = 'sanjeev acharya'

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