On Fri, Oct 03, 2003 at 09:18:44 -0400, "John B. Scalia" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > All, > > > > I'm not certain if what I'm trying to do is legal, but if I execute a > statement like: > > > > UPDATE my_table SET field1='new_value' AND SET field2='different_value' > WHERE my_table_id = 'key';
It should be: UPDATE my_table SET field1='new_value', field2='different_value' WHERE my_table_id = 'key'; > in psql, it reports that it has successfully updated one record. I am not sure why you aren't getting a syntax error. > However, the record does not appear to be updated when I subsequently > issue a SELECT for that record. I'll buy the fact that I may be using > illegal syntax - I'm not SQL expert, but the update says it worked when > in fact it did not. Should this have worked or should it have reported > an error? ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 5: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faqs/FAQ.html