Hi,
This seems to work..
UPDATE x  set i=i+1
from  (select i as m from x order by m desc) y   where x.i = y.m
Jayadevan




From:   neuhauser+pgsql-general#postgresql....@sigpipe.cz
To:     pgsql-general@postgresql.org
Date:   12/31/2009 09:15 PM
Subject:        [GENERAL] set-level update fails with unique constraint 
violation
Sent by:        pgsql-general-ow...@postgresql.org



Hello,

this fails with "duplicate key value":

    CREATE TABLE x (
      i INT NOT NULL UNIQUE
    );
    INSERT INTO x (i) VALUES (1), (2), (3);
    UPDATE x SET i = i + 1;

are there any plans to make this work?

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