On 20 May 2015 at 05:49, Geoff Winkless <pgsqlad...@geoff.dj> wrote: > On 19 May 2015 at 21:57, Simon Riggs <si...@2ndquadrant.com> wrote: > >> It's not clear to me how a single INSERT could cause two or more UPDATEs. >> > > > CREATE TABLE mytable ( > c1 int NOT NULL, > c2 int NOT NULL, > PRIMARY KEY (c1), > UNIQUE (c2) > > ); > > INSERT INTO mytable (c1, c2) (10, 20); > INSERT INTO mytable (c1, c2) (11, 21); > INSERT INTO mytable (c1, c2) (10, 21) ON CONFLICT DO UPDATE ..... > > Or did you mean from a coding point of view how it would be possible to > implement? >
I mean "how could that possibly have useful meaning?". -- Simon Riggs http://www.2ndQuadrant.com/ <http://www.2ndquadrant.com/> PostgreSQL Development, 24x7 Support, Remote DBA, Training & Services