Am Donnerstag, den 27.07.2006, 08:30 -0400 schrieb Tom Lane:
Susanne Ebrecht [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
... We could provide the mixed update syntax and leave the
typed row value expression for the next release. Do you agree?
I don't really see the point --- the patch won't provide any new
Am Mittwoch, den 26.07.2006, 16:58 -0400 schrieb Tom Lane:
Susanne Ebrecht [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
This is a cute hack, but it does only a small part of what I think the
spec says.
Thank you for compliment.
In the first place, the SQL syntax is pretty clear that you can combine
simple
Susanne Ebrecht [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
... We could provide the mixed update syntax and leave the
typed row value expression for the next release. Do you agree?
I don't really see the point --- the patch won't provide any new
functionality in anything like its current form, because you can
Bruce Momjian [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Tom Lane wrote:
UPDATE mytab SET (foo, bar, baz) =
(SELECT alpha, beta, gamma FROM othertab WHERE key = mytab.key);
That UPDATE example is interesting because I remember when using
Informix that I had to do a separate SELECT statement for each UPDATE
Tom Lane wrote:
Bruce Momjian [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Tom Lane wrote:
UPDATE mytab SET (foo, bar, baz) =
(SELECT alpha, beta, gamma FROM othertab WHERE key = mytab.key);
That UPDATE example is interesting because I remember when using
Informix that I had to do a separate SELECT
Susanne Ebrecht [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
here is a patch that extends update syntax following the sql standard.
The patch includes sgml documentation, too.
UPDATE table SET (col1, col2, ...) = (val1, val2, ...),
(colm, coln, ...) = (valm, valn, ...), ...;
This is a cute hack, but it does
