On 3 May 2012, at 24:00, Tom Lane wrote: > Andy Chambers <achamb...@mcna.net> writes: >> So ideally, I'd like to be able to do > >> insert into foo (a,b,foo_date) >> select a,b,now() from foo old where .... >> returning oid, old.oid > >> ...but this doesn't work. It seems you only have access to the table >> being modified in a returning clause. > > For the moment I think all you could really do is what somebody else > suggested, namely eat the overhead of having an "old_id" column in > the table so that you can insert the value you want into that column, > thus making it available to the RETURNING clause.
I was wondering, would an updatable view with a "pseudo-column" for the old_id do it? Alban Hertroys -- Screwing up is an excellent way to attach something to the ceiling. -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
