Re: update with multiple fields as aggregates

On Sat, 3 May 2008, Alexy Khrabrov <deliverable(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> I need to fill two columns of a Rats table from an Offset1 table,
> where for each Id row in Rats we need to fill an average offset and
> the sum of all offset from Offset1 with the same Id. I can create a
> derivative table like this:
>
> create table ofrats as (select customer_id as cid,avg(o),sum(o) from
> offset1 group by cid);
>
> But if I want to insert the two values into the Rats directly, I get
> an error:
>
> netflix=> update rats r1 set of1=s.ao, sumof1=s.so from (select avg(o)
> as ao,sum(o) as so from rats,offset1 o1 where o1.customer_id=r1.id
> group by id) as s;
> ERROR: subquery in FROM cannot refer to other relations of same query
> level

I didn't try but, here is my 2 cents:

UPDATE rats
SET of1 = tmp.of1,
sumof1 = tmp.sumof1
FROM (SELECT id, AVG(o) AS of1, SUM(o) AS sumof1
FROM rats,
offset1
GROUP BY id)
AS tmp
WHERE tmp.id = rats.id;

Regards.