SQL - update table problem...

Hi!

According to the synopsis of UPDATE you just can update one table at a time.
Just use more UPDATE commands inside a transaction.

-- Matthias

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[mailto:pgsql-general-owner@postgresql.org] On Behalf Of Marko Rihtar
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Subject: [GENERAL] SQL - update table problem...

Hi,

i'm trying to make update on multiple tables but don't know how.
is something like this posible with postgresql?

update table1
join table2 on (table1.id=table2.t1)
join table3 on (table2.id=table3.t2)
set table1.name='test', table2.sum=table1.x+table2.y,
table3.cell='123456789'
where table1.id=6

i know that this syntax is not supported with postgres but i tried to
rewrite the code using this synopsis:

UPDATE [ ONLY ] table SET column = { expression | DEFAULT } [, ...]
[ FROM fromlist ]
[ WHERE condition ]

i failed again.
updating multiple tables, can it be done?

thanks for help

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Marko Rihtar wrote:

Hi,

i'm trying to make update on multiple tables but don't know how.
is something like this posible with postgresql?

update table1
join table2 on (table1.id=table2.t1)
join table3 on (table2.id=table3.t2)
set table1.name='test', table2.sum=table1.x+table2.y,
table3.cell='123456789'
where table1.id=6

I don't know of an SQL variant to handle this case. Usually people are
trying to update a single table based on joining to several others.

In your case you'll have to issue three update statements wrapped in a
transaction.

--
Richard Huxton
Archonet Ltd

You can try using a combination of a view and rule attached to it for
achieving the same...

Thanks,
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Shoaib Mir
EnterpriseDB (www.enterprisedb.com)