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From: Adrian Klaver <[email protected]>
To: Vincent Veyron <[email protected]>
To: Dan Kortschak <[email protected]>
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: Re: re-novice coming back to pgsql: porting an SQLite update statement to postgres
Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2024 13:35:42 -0700
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On 7/23/24 13:11, Vincent Veyron wrote:
> On Mon, 15 Jul 2024 20:31:13 +0000
> Dan Kortschak <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
>> My question is where would be the best place for me to looks to learn
>> about how to implement a port of this SQLite? and what would broadly be
>> the most sensible approach to take (to narrow down what I need to read
>> through in learning)?
>>
> 
> This is the goto page for anything SQL :
> https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/sql-commands.html
> 
> For DateTime types :
> https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/datatype-datetime.html
> 
> For JSON types :
> https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/datatype-json.html

Just know that SQLite does not enforce types, therefore it is entirely 
possible that there are values in fields that are not valid in Postgres.

Think:

select ''::integer
ERROR:  invalid input syntax for type integer: ""
LINE 1: select ''::integer


> 
> If your query works in SQLite, all you have to do is read those, and try to port; if it fails, read them again. Also search the archives of the pgsql-general list, many answers in there
> 
> 

-- 
Adrian Klaver
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