Re: Cursor bug?

From: Martijn van Oosterhout <kleptog(at)svana(dot)org>
To: "Mike G(dot)" <mike(at)thegodshalls(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Cursor bug?
Date: 2005-01-17 09:25:51
Message-ID: 20050117092551.GB30350@svana.org
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On Mon, Jan 17, 2005 at 12:06:56AM -0600, Mike G. wrote:
> It doesn't look like it has been added to the documentation yet. The
> only reference I could find to it was in the todo list (create
> similiar ability for delete statement).
>
> USING allows you to add join statements to your update statement and
> use the data in the columns of the joined tables as input into the
> table the update is performed against.
>
> http://manuals.sybase.com/onlinebooks/group-as/asg1/250e/sqlug/@Generic_BookTextView/27741

This link doesn't work for me, nothing happens. Any other references?
I'm trying to understand what it allows that a FROM-clause doesn't.

Have a nice day,
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Martijn van Oosterhout <kleptog(at)svana(dot)org> http://svana.org/kleptog/
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> tool for doing 5% of the work and then sitting around waiting for someone
> else to do the other 95% so you can sue them.

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