Re: If Statement

From: "A(dot) Kretschmer" <andreas(dot)kretschmer(at)schollglas(dot)com>
To: pgsql-novice(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: If Statement
Date: 2007-02-04 18:25:28
Message-ID: 20070204182528.GA632@a-kretschmer.de
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am Sun, dem 04.02.2007, um 20:15:33 +0200 mailte Greg Quinn folgendes:
> For some reason I cannot get an IF statement to work in PostGreSQL, even
> though I am doing it in the format the manual tells me to...
> Here is my query...
>
> IF 1 = 1 THEN
> update contacts set deleted = TRUE
> END IF;

IF is only possible inside plpgsql¹, not in plain SQL. And, your check is
always true because 1 = 1 is always true.

¹ or an other language

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