Thanks to all... another question... is it possible to copy a table to a view and then back the view to a table??? thank you very much... ivan
Il giorno ven, 03/03/2006 alle 11.51 +0100, Andreas Kretschmer ha scritto: > ivan marchesini <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb: > > > Dear users.. > > I have fastly created a table in a postgresql database.. > > some columns where edited by hand (columns A, B, C), and some others > > (columns D, E, F) have been calculated as a result of mathematical > > equation (where the factors are the A, B, C columns).... > > You should create a table with (a,b,c) and a view. Below a example. > > test=# create table foo (a int, b int, c int); > CREATE TABLE > > test=# create view foo_view as (select a,b,c,a*b as ab, a*c as ac, b*c as bc > from foo); > CREATE VIEW > > > > now I simply need to change some values in the A, B, C columns and I > > would like to obtain the correct values in the D, E, F column... > > I know that this is a tipical problem of a spreadsheet but how can I > > solve it with a DBMS?? > > test=# insert into foo values (2,3,4); > INSERT 0 1 > test=# select * from foo_view ; > a | b | c | ab | ac | bc > ---+---+---+----+----+---- > 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 12 > (1 row) > > test=# update foo set a=3; > UPDATE 1 > test=# select * from foo_view ; > a | b | c | ab | ac | bc > ---+---+---+----+----+---- > 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 12 > (1 row) > > > HTH, Andreas -- Ivan Marchesini Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering University of Perugia Via G. Duranti 93/a 06125 Perugia (Italy) e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] tel: +39(0)755853760 fax: +39(0)755853756 ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 9: In versions below 8.0, the planner will ignore your desire to choose an index scan if your joining column's datatypes do not match