UPDATE with WHERE clause on joined table

From: Fabian Peters <lists(dot)fabian(at)e-lumo(dot)com>
To: pgsql-sql(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: UPDATE with WHERE clause on joined table
Date: 2006-07-28 21:24:56
Message-ID: B45EBA38-2DFC-45E7-921B-16D52A986E7A@e-lumo.com
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Hi,

I'm only very rarely using SQL, so please forgive me if I show any
obvious signs of ignorance...

I've got three tables "customer", "address" and "country". I want to
set the "language" attribute on "customer" on rows returned by a
SELECT such as this:

SELECT title, first_names, last_name, email, language,
country.country_name FROM ((customer JOIN address ON customer.eoid =
address.eoid_customer) JOIN country ON address.eoid_country =
country.eoid) WHERE email LIKE '%.es' AND country.country_name =
'SPAIN';

That is, I want to set the "language" to 'Spanish' where the
"customer.email" is like '%.es' and where "country.country_name" is
'SPAIN'.

I've tried all sorts of places to put the JOIN and the WHERE clauses
within the UPDATE statement, but I just don't get it.

I'd be most grateful for any help...

TIA

Fabian

P.S.: One of my sorry attempts looked like this - which updates all
rows in "customer" so I figure the WHERE clause is not where it
should be:

UPDATE customer SET language = 'Spanish' FROM ((customer AS
customer_address JOIN address ON customer_address.eoid =
address.eoid_customer) JOIN country ON address.eoid_country =
country.eoid) WHERE customer.email LIKE '%.es' AND
country.country_name = 'SPAIN');

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