How do I reset the increment through condition?

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DECLARE @intFlag INT
SET @intFlag = 1
UPDATE #temp_patrons
		set
			 @intFlag = [order] = @intFlag + 1
			 IF @intFlag = 3
			 BEGIN
			   SET @intFlag = 1
             END

What I have tried:

i tried using loop or cases but nothing happened.
The output will be like this.

EX.
| order |
|   1   |
|   2   | 
|   3   |
|   1   |
|   2   |
|   3   |

Posted 17-Feb-19 16:46pm

CaptainChizni

Updated 17-Feb-19 20:16pm

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Bryian Tan · Accepted Answer · 2019-02-17T17:00:00

Solution 1

Can you do something like below?

1. Increment the flag
2. If flag = 3, reset to 1
3. Update operation

SQL

SET @intFlag = @intFlag + 1

	IF (@intFlag = 3)
		SET @intFlag = 1
	
	UPDATE #temp_patrons
		SET [order] = @intFlag

Posted 17-Feb-19 17:00pm

Bryian Tan

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CaptainChizni 17-Feb-19 23:15pm

The rows are all 1. What i am going to do is increment the numbers by 1 then if it reaches 3 the increment will reset
EX.
| order |
| 1 |
| 2 |
| 3 |
| 1 |
| 2 |
| 3 |

Bryian Tan 17-Feb-19 23:40pm

Not clear what your query suppose to do, but I'm assuming there is a loop? I'll use Insert as an example because I'm sure there are more into it with the update statement.

DECLARE @test TABLE ([order] INT)

DECLARE @intFlag INT, @loopCount INT
SELECT @intFlag = 0, @loopCount = 0

WHILE (@loopCount < 6)
BEGIN
	SET @intFlag = @intFlag + 1

		IF (@intFlag > 3)
			SET @intFlag = 1
	
		INSERT INTO @test
			SELECT @intFlag

		SET @loopCount = @loopCount + 1
END


SELECT * FROM @test

Output:
order
1
2
3
1
2
3

OriginalGriff · Accepted Answer · 2019-02-17T20:16:00

Solution 2

No loops, no IF required:

SQL

UPDATE x SET x.[Order] = x.NewOrder
FROM (SELECT [Order], ((ROW_NUMBER() OVER(ORDER BY myOrderingColumnName) - 1) % 3) + 1 AS NewOrder 
      FROM MyTable) x;

Posted 17-Feb-19 20:16pm

OriginalGriff