Hey Stefan,
The sounds like you have a field id in you c_transactions without
default value (which usually should be nextval('some_sequence'::regclass).
Do you create a sequence for c_transactions.id ?
Hi Dmitriy,
yes it's right, the id column does not have a default value and it
Ok I found the solution. I have to use the UPDATE command and not the INSERT:
UPDATE c_transactions SET timestamp = entrytimestamp
and than:
UPDATE c_transactions SET timestamp = exittimestamp WHERE exittimestamp IS NOT
NULL
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Hey Stefan,
For surrogate keys there is no reason to calculate values manually.
You should use sequences instead. Please, see
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.3/static/sql-createsequence.html
You may also use a SERIAL data type which creates a sequence
for you automatically upon its creation.
Hi guys,
I'm trying to merge two tables to one with INSERT and SELECT commands:
INSERT into c_transactions (timestamp) SELECT entrytimestamp from c_transactions
INSERT into c_transactions (timestamp) SELECT exittimestamp from c_transactions
But getting this error on execution (in pgAdmin):
Hey Stefan,
The sounds like you have a field id in you c_transactions without
default value (which usually should be nextval('some_sequence'::regclass).
Do you create a sequence for c_transactions.id ?
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Regards,
Dmitriy
