On 30 Jun 2003, Robert Treat wrote: > create table foo (a int, b int, c int, d text); > > create table bar (a int, b int, c int); > > insert into foo values (1,2,3,'a'); > insert into foo values (1,2,4,'A'); > insert into foo values (4,5,6,'b'); > insert into foo values (7,8,9,'c'); > insert into foo values (10,11,12,'d'); > > insert into bar values (1,2,3); > insert into bar values (7,8,9); > insert into bar values (10,11,12); > > what i want to do is: > > delete * from foo where not (foo.a = bar.a and foo.b=bar.b and > foo.c=bar.c) ; > > so i end up with > > postgres=# select * from foo; > a | b | c | d > ---+---+---+--- > 1 | 2 | 4 | A > 4 | 5 | 6 | b > (2 rows) > > but thats not valid sql, is there some way to accomplish this?
Maybe something like: delete from foo where exists (select * from bar where bar.a=foo.a and bar.b=foo.b and bar.c=foo.c); ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 2: you can get off all lists at once with the unregister command (send "unregister YourEmailAddressHere" to [EMAIL PROTECTED])