column insert/alter got me stumped!

From: "John Smith" <jayzee(dot)smith(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: column insert/alter got me stumped!
Date: 2007-01-24 23:58:30
Message-ID: f029597e0701241558kb02a32dh79a526ccdce29ac1@mail.gmail.com
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guys,
just wanna change value of 1 existing column

# insert into tablename (columnname) values ('value');
...works

# select columnname from tablename where columnname='value';
...works

# insert into tablename (columnname) values ('value') select
columnname from tablename where columnname='value';
or
# insert into tablename (columnname) values ('value') where columnname='value';
...combinations don't work

# alter table tablename alter column columnname set value='value';
...doesn't work either

embarrassingly simple? pgadmin III thinks so
jzs
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.1/static/sql-insert.html
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.0/static/sql-altertable.html

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