-- Copyright 2018 Tanel Poder. All rights reserved. More info at http://tanelpoder.com -- Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. See LICENSE.txt for terms & conditions. drop table a; drop table b; create table A(col11 number, col12 number); create table B(col21 number, col22 number); insert into a values (-3,-7); insert into a values (null,-1); insert into b values ( -7,-3); update a set col11 = (select avg(b.col22) keep (dense_rank first order by (col22)) FROM b where b.col21= a.col12) /