Re: Does update = delete + insert ?

From: Andreas Kretschmer <akretschmer(at)spamfence(dot)net>
To: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Does update = delete + insert ?
Date: 2010-05-26 18:50:16
Message-ID: 20100526185016.GA6757@tux
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Gauthier, Dave <dave(dot)gauthier(at)intel(dot)com> wrote:

> Hi:
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> Under the hood, does PG implement an update statement as a delete followed by
> an insert? I’m at a point in coding a script where it would be more

Yes, Update means delete the old record and create a new one.

Andreas
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