---
title: "SQL-046: Update a federal award status"
summary: Update a federal award status
status: draft
owner: SAIF Documentation Generator
last_reviewed: 2026-08-21
library: SAIF.Business.Claim
reference_type: embedded
---

# SQL-046 Update a federal award status

Updates a federal award's status code, guarded by optimistic concurrency; the update cascades to benefit-payment processing when the child is dirty and valid.

## Classification



| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| **SQL ID** | SQL-046 |
| **Operation type** | Update |
| **Execution method** | Inline SQL |
| **Database** | Oracle |
| **Schema** | `[unqualified]**` |
| **Command type** | Text |
| **Business object** | `clsFederalAwardStatus` |
| **Criteria property** | `UpdateSQL` |
| **Lifecycle method** | `BeforeUpdate` |

## Parameters



| Parameter | Direction | Type | Max length | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `AwardStatusCode` | Input | String | 5 | Federal award status being set |
| `UpdateUser` | Input | String | 30 | Auditing user |
| `ClaimID` | Input | Decimal | — | Row key |
| `AwardNum` | Input | Decimal | — | Row key |
| `UpdateNum` | Input | Decimal | — | Optimistic-concurrency check value |

## Tables



| Table | Access | Columns used |
| --- | --- | --- |
| [CL_FEDERAL_AWARD](../database-tables.md#cl_federal_award) | UPDATE | AWARD_STATUS_CODE, UPDATE_NUM, UPDATE_USER_ID, UPDATE_DATE, CLAIM_ID, SAIF_AWARD_NUM |

## Sample SQL

```sql
-- Update federal award status
Update CL_FEDERAL_AWARD
   Set AWARD_STATUS_CODE = :AwardStatusCode,
       UPDATE_NUM        = UPDATE_NUM + 1,
       UPDATE_USER_ID    = :UpdateUser,
       UPDATE_DATE       = SYSDATE
 Where CLAIM_ID       = :ClaimID
   And SAIF_AWARD_NUM = :AwardNum
   And UPDATE_NUM     = :UpdateNum
```

## Business rules

- [BR-012: Optimistic concurrency contention check](../business-rules.md#br-012-optimistic-concurrency-contention-check)

## Sources
- SAIF.Business.Claim/clsFederalAwardStatus.vb