*** 13,19 **** This is Sybase ASE syntax. Related to "Oracle's join syntax" mentioned below ! *: This appears to be unsupported: updating multiple columns with subselect update T1 set (theUpdatedValue, theOtherValue) = (select theTop, theValue from T2 where T2.theKey = T1.theID) --- 13,19 ---- This is Sybase ASE syntax. Related to "Oracle's join syntax" mentioned below ! *: 2005.10.06 : This appears to be unsupported: updating multiple columns with subselect update T1 set (theUpdatedValue, theOtherValue) = (select theTop, theValue from T2 where T2.theKey = T1.theID)