Select is working but update not

Question

  I have the  update query like this
UPDATE   fi_stg_instr_ref_dim a
   SET
         (first_par_call_dt,
         pre_refunded_dt
         ) =
            (SELECT   min_call_dt.first_par_call_dt, exe_cd.pre_refunded_dt
               FROM   (  SELECT   MIN (cs.call_dt) AS first_par_call_dt,
                                  cs.fi_instrument_id AS fi_instrument_id
                           FROM   call_schedule cs
                          WHERE   cs.call_price = 100
                       GROUP BY   cs.fi_instrument_id) min_call_dt,
                      (SELECT   cs.call_dt AS pre_refunded_dt,
                                cs.fi_instrument_id AS fi_instrument_id
                         FROM   call_schedule cs
                        WHERE   cs.exercise_cd = 'P') exe_cd
              WHERE   a.fi_instrument_id = min_call_dt.fi_instrument_id(+)
                      AND a.fi_instrument_id = exe_cd.fi_instrument_id(+)
                      AND a.desk_cd = 'PREV'
                      AND a.pricing_dt = '10dec2013')
WHERE   a.pricing_dt = '10dec2013' AND a.desk_cd = 'PREV'
and a.fi_instrument_id = 2005090900058804
So this update query is not updating the correct value for the first_par_call_dt for an unknown reason even though the value is present in call_schedule  .
To debug the issue as why  first_par_call_dt is updated as  null ,I just ran the below  select query and the select query returns value for
the first_par_call_dt.So totally confused as why the update is not working?
  SELECT   min_call_dt.first_par_call_dt, exe_cd.pre_refunded_dt
               FROM   fi_stg_instr_ref_dim a,(  SELECT   MIN (cs.call_dt) AS first_par_call_dt,
                                  cs.fi_instrument_id AS fi_instrument_id
                           FROM   call_schedule cs
                          WHERE   cs.call_price = 100
                       GROUP BY   cs.fi_instrument_id) min_call_dt,
                      (SELECT   cs.call_dt AS pre_refunded_dt,
                                cs.fi_instrument_id AS fi_instrument_id
                         FROM   call_schedule cs
                        WHERE   cs.exercise_cd = 'P') exe_cd
              WHERE   a.fi_instrument_id = min_call_dt.fi_instrument_id(+)
                      AND a.fi_instrument_id = exe_cd.fi_instrument_id(+)
                      AND a.desk_cd = 'PREV'
                      AND a.pricing_dt = '10dec2013'
                      and a.fi_instrument_id = 2005090900058804
O/p of above select is
FIRST_PAR_CALL_DT
PRE_REFUNDED_DT
8/1/2015
       Not able to understand what made the select query retrieve the value whcih the update query is not able to do .
please help.

Answer 1

If you need to run your query like this then you need to specify outer table name in the inner query as well.
UPDATE   fi_stg_instr_ref_dim b
   SET   (b.first_par_call_dt, b.pre_refunded_dt) =
            (SELECT   min_call_dt.first_par_call_dt, exe_cd.pre_refunded_dt
               FROM   fi_stg_instr_ref_dim a,
                      (  SELECT   MIN (cs.call_dt) AS first_par_call_dt,
                                  cs.fi_instrument_id AS fi_instrument_id
                           FROM   call_schedule cs
                          WHERE   cs.call_price = 100
                       GROUP BY   cs.fi_instrument_id) min_call_dt,
                      (SELECT   cs.call_dt AS pre_refunded_dt,
                                cs.fi_instrument_id AS fi_instrument_id
                         FROM   call_schedule cs
                        WHERE   cs.exercise_cd = 'P') exe_cd
              WHERE   a.fi_instrument_id = min_call_dt.fi_instrument_id(+)
                      AND a.fi_instrument_id = exe_cd.fi_instrument_id(+)
                      AND a.desk_cd = b.desk_cd
                      AND A.pricing_dt = b.pricing_dt
                      AND a.fi_instrument_id = b.fi_instrument_id)
WHERE   b.pricing_dt = '10dec2013' AND b.desk_cd = 'PREV'
and b.fi_instrument_id = 2005090900058804