Re: [HACKERS] Agregates in update?

From: Bruce Momjian <maillist(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: vadim(at)sable(dot)krasnoyarsk(dot)su (Vadim B(dot) Mikheev)
Cc: postgres(at)luckynet(dot)co(dot)il, pgsql-hackers(at)postgreSQL(dot)org, pgsql-questions(at)postgreSQL(dot)org
Subject: Re: [HACKERS] Agregates in update?
Date: 1998-04-27 13:25:37
Message-ID: 199804271325.JAA02578@candle.pha.pa.us
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> Bruce Momjian wrote:
> >
> > Added to TODO list.
> > > update a set sum=sum(b.val) where name=b.name ;
>
> Is this in standards ???
> I thought that subselects should be used in such cases...
> And this is one of my plans for 6.4...

No, not standard, but either need to dis-allow it, or make it work properly.

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