Re: SQL syntax for updating tables

----- Original Message -----
From: Justin Long <justinlong(at)strategicnetwork(dot)org>
To: <pgsql-sql(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Sent: Friday, April 07, 2000 8:46 PM
Subject: [SQL] SQL syntax for updating tables

> I'm trying to figure this out and I'm stumped. Perhaps someone else has
> done it.
>
> I have two tables:
>
> SIGMEMBER
>
> and
>
> MEMBER
>
> The MEMBER table has a USERID field and an EMAIL field. SIGMEMBER has the
> same two fields. I am trying to update SIGMEMBER from MEMBER such that
when
> member.userid = sigmember.userid, it replaces sigmember.email with
> member.email.

UPDATE sigmember SET sigmember.email=member.email WHERE
sigmember.userid=member.userid;

should work.