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From: Markus Bertheau <twanger@bluetwanger.de>
To: Jean-Luc Lachance <jllachan@sympatico.ca>
Cc: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: SELECT MAX(c) FROM (SELECT ... FOR UPDATE) AS foo
Date: Tue, 17 Aug 2004 16:51:21 +0200
Message-ID: <1092754281.2627.28.camel@dicaprio.akademie1.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <41221580.7070907@sympatico.ca>
References: <1092740863.2627.17.camel@dicaprio.akademie1.de>
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В Втр, 17.08.2004, в 16:26, Jean-Luc Lachance пишет:
> This query does not make sense to me.
> Why would you create an updatable subquery just to get the highest value?

To make sure that the highest value will be the highest value (or then
second-highest) after I commit the transaction. See my other answer.

-- 
Markus Bertheau <twanger@bluetwanger.de>




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