Matthias Nagel <matthias.h.na...@gmail.com> hat am 29. September 2012 um 12:49 geschrieben: > Hello, > > is there any way how one can store the result of a time-consuming calculation > if this result is needed more than once in an SQL update query? This solution > might be PostgreSQL specific and not standard SQL compliant. Here is an > example of what I want: > > UPDATE table1 SET > StartTime = 'time consuming calculation 1', > StopTime = 'time consuming calculation 2', > Duration = 'time consuming calculation 2' - 'time consuming calculation 1' > WHERE foo;
The Duration - field is superfluous ... As far as i know there is no way to re-use the result. Regards, Andreas -- Sent via pgsql-sql mailing list (pgsql-sql@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-sql