[EMAIL PROTECTED] ("Muhyiddin A.M Hayat") writes:
>> There is an easy way to do this; write a plpgsql set returning
>> function which adds the balance to the last column of the table. That
>> query will always have a cost in both time and memory proportional to
>> the size of the table, and the memory cost may bite you as table size
>> grows...
>> --
>
> Can you give me some example function which adds the balance to the
> last column of the table.
>
> Thanks.
No time, but here is a link to a useful article on SRFs.
<http://techdocs.postgresql.org/guides/SetReturningFunctions>
Once you know how to do an SRF, you should be able to build the one
you need.
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