From: | Eric Marsden <emarsden(at)mail(dot)dotcom(dot)fr> |
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To: | pgsql-sql(at)postgresql(dot)org |
Subject: | UPDATE table SET col = (SELECT ...) |
Date: | 1998-12-30 17:01:28 |
Message-ID: | wzi4sqdzhqv.fsf@mail.dotcom.fr |
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Hello,
If I understand the SQL references I have read, UPDATEs are allowed to
pull data from SELECT statements, something like
UPDATE table SET col1 = (SELECT val1 FROM table WHERE id = 34),
SET col2 = (SELECT val2 FROM table WHERE id = 34)
WHERE id = 35;
However, the PostgreSQL parser chokes on the 'SELECT'. The
documentation says
UPDATE table SET column = expression [, ...]
[ FROM fromlist ]
[ WHERE condition ]
expression = A valid expression or value to assign to column.
I don't know exactly how to interpret `valid expression'.
--
Eric Marsden
emarsden @ mail.dotcom.fr
It's elephants all the way down
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