"Nick Fankhauser" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> In essence, I want to match up the records where one.a=two.c and update
> one.b with the value in two.d . In Oracle, I would use this statement:
> update one set b = (select d from two where one.a = two.c);
> in psql, I get a syntax error when I do this.
play=> create table one (a int, b text);
CREATE
play=> create table two (c int, d text);
CREATE
play=> update one set b = (select d from two where one.a = two.c);
UPDATE 0
Looks OK to me (at least in 7.0.* and 7.1). What release are you using?
regards, tom lane
