I have two tables, foo and foo2:
richardh=> select * from foo;
a | b
---+-----
1 | xxx
1 | yyy
richardh=> select * from foo2;
c | d
---+---
1 |
And I would like to set d to 'xxxyyy' (i.e. merge entries from b). Of course
the following doesn't work because the 'd' seen is the one from before the
query starts.
richardh=> update foo2 set d = d || foo.b from foo where foo.a=foo2.c;
UPDATE 1
richardh=> select * from foo2;
c | d
---+-----
1 | yyy
Now - I can always solve the problem procedurally, merging the values in my
application but I was wondering if any of the smarter people on the list
have an SQL way of doing it (something with sub-queries?)
PS - I realise I might get 'xxxyyy' or 'yyyxxx' without forcing an order but
I don't actually care in this case.
TIA
- Richard Huxton
