On Fri, Mar 12, 2010 at 4:24 PM, Boszormenyi Zoltan <z...@cybertec.at> wrote: > Merlin Moncure írta: >> On Fri, Mar 12, 2010 at 3:01 PM, Boszormenyi Zoltan <z...@cybertec.at> wrote: >> >>> What's wrong with "UPDATE foo SET (foo) = (NEW);" ? >>> >>> >> >> amen brother! :-) >> >> I say though, since you can do: >> SELECT foo FROM foo; >> why not >> UPDATE foo SET foo = new;? >> > > I just tried this: > > zozo=# create table foo (foo integer, bar integer); > CREATE TABLE > zozo=# insert into foo values (1, 2), (2, 4); > INSERT 0 2 > zozo=# select foo from foo; > foo > ----- > 1 > 2 > (2 rows)
But you can always get around this with, e.g. SELECT v FROM foo v; ...Robert -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
