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* update on join ?
@ 2007-11-22 02:58 Andreas <maps.on@gmx.net>
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From: Andreas @ 2007-11-22 02:58 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: pgsql-sql
Hi,
I'd like to update a table efficiently where the relevant select-info
is in another table that is foreign-linked.
Stupid example. 2 tables:
things (thing_id integer, name varchar(100), color varchar(100))
inventory (item_id integer, thing_fk integer references things
(thing_id), number)
For some reason I'd want to set the number of every red item to 0.
This inventory doesn't contain the color but the foreign key to the
other table where the color is found.
I tried
UPDATE things JOIN inventory ON things.thing_id = inventory.thing_fk
SET number = 0
WHERE color = 'red'
PSQL didn't like the JOIN though.
It works like this:
UPDATE inventory
SET number = 0
WHERE thing_fk IN (SELECT thing_id FROM things WHERE color = 'red')
It's effective but is it efficient, too?
Regards
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* Re: update on join ?
@ 2007-11-22 03:34 Frank Bax <fbax@sympatico.ca>
parent: Andreas <maps.on@gmx.net>
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From: Frank Bax @ 2007-11-22 03:34 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: pgsql-sql
Andreas wrote:
> I'd like to update a table efficiently where the relevant select-info
> is in another table that is foreign-linked.
>
> Stupid example. 2 tables:
> things (thing_id integer, name varchar(100), color varchar(100))
> inventory (item_id integer, thing_fk integer references things
> (thing_id), number)
>
> For some reason I'd want to set the number of every red item to 0.
> This inventory doesn't contain the color but the foreign key to the
> other table where the color is found.
>
> I tried
>
> UPDATE things JOIN inventory ON things.thing_id = inventory.thing_fk
> SET number = 0
> WHERE color = 'red'
>
> PSQL didn't like the JOIN though.
> It works like this:
>
> UPDATE inventory
> SET number = 0
> WHERE thing_fk IN (SELECT thing_id FROM things WHERE color = 'red')
>
> It's effective but is it efficient, too?
What about:
UPDATE things, inventory
SET number = 0
WHERE color = 'red'
AND things.thing_id = inventory.thing_fk
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* Re: update on join ?
@ 2007-11-22 03:38 Richard Broersma Jr <rabroersma@yahoo.com>
parent: Andreas <maps.on@gmx.net>
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From: Richard Broersma Jr @ 2007-11-22 03:38 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org, Andreas <maps.on@gmx.net>
--- On Wed, 11/21/07, Andreas <maps.on@gmx.net> wrote:>
> UPDATE inventory
> SET number = 0
> WHERE thing_fk IN (SELECT thing_id FROM things WHERE color
> = 'red')
This is a perfectly acceptable ANSI-SQL update statement.
Here is non-ANSI update statement that you are probably after:
UPDATE Inventory
SET number = 0
FROM Things
WHERE Inventory.thing_fk = Things.thing_id
AND Things.color = 'red';
IIRC, Joe Celko referrers to this syntax as "T-SQL".
Regards,
Richard Broersma Jr.
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* Re: update on join ?
@ 2007-11-22 03:41 chester c young <chestercyoung@yahoo.com>
parent: Andreas <maps.on@gmx.net>
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From: chester c young @ 2007-11-22 03:41 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Andreas <maps.on@gmx.net>; +Cc: pgsql-sql
> I tried
>
> UPDATE things JOIN inventory ON things.thing_id = inventory.thing_fk
> SET number = 0
> WHERE color = 'red'
>
use the cool "from" clause in the update
update things t
set number = 0
from inventory i
where t.thing_id = i.thing_fk
and i.color = 'red';
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