Subject: Re: Update in all tables
From: Scott Marlowe <smarlowe@g2switchworks.com>
To: Andrew Sullivan <ajs@crankycanuck.ca>
Cc: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org
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Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2006 15:16:26 -0600

On Wed, 2006-02-22 at 15:13, Andrew Sullivan wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 22, 2006 at 11:59:06AM -0600, Judith Altamirano Figueroa wrote:
> >     Hello everybody I need to update a field with the same value in the
> > tables of my data base but this field exists in almost all tables and
> > has the same value, I don't want to code a script, so my question is if
> > there is some way to update that field with a query and affects all the
> > tables that contain the field?
> 
> No, sorry.  While we're at it, though, if you have the same field in
> several tables, it's a good sign that your database is badly
> normalised.  You shouldn't have to update more than one table (which
> is why there isn't a way to do this automatically).

Unless they're all FK/PK pairs, in which case you on update / delete
cascade FKs.