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* UPDATE & LIMIT together?
@ 2002-08-28 16:09 tp <tp@emaze.net>
  2002-08-28 17:01 ` Re: UPDATE & LIMIT together? Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 4+ messages in thread

From: tp @ 2002-08-28 16:09 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: pgsql-sql

Hi

I want to SELECT at max. 10 rows and SET a variable for the
select 10 rows with the same query.

Under mysql i can use:
UPDATE table SET uniq_iq=12345 LIMIT 10
SELECT * FROM table WHERE uniq_id=1234;

This is not supported by postgres.

Is there some easy solution that does not require locking?


-tp

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* Re: UPDATE & LIMIT together?
  2002-08-28 16:09 UPDATE & LIMIT together? tp <tp@emaze.net>
@ 2002-08-28 17:01 ` Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>
  2002-09-03 08:37   ` Re: UPDATE & LIMIT together? tp <tp@emaze.net>
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 4+ messages in thread

From: Bruce Momjian @ 2002-08-28 17:01 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: tp@emaze.net; +Cc: pgsql-sql


You have to use a subquery returning the tables primary key to the
UPDATE:

	UPDATE tab SET x=1
	WHERE (primkey, col) IN (
		SELECT primkey,col FROM tab 
		ORDER BY col 
		LIMIT 10)

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tp wrote:
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> Hi
> 
> I want to SELECT at max. 10 rows and SET a variable for the
> select 10 rows with the same query.
> 
> Under mysql i can use:
> UPDATE table SET uniq_iq=12345 LIMIT 10
> SELECT * FROM table WHERE uniq_id=1234;
> 
> This is not supported by postgres.
> 
> Is there some easy solution that does not require locking?
> 
> 
> -tp
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* Re: UPDATE & LIMIT together?
  2002-08-28 16:09 UPDATE & LIMIT together? tp <tp@emaze.net>
  2002-08-28 17:01 ` Re: UPDATE & LIMIT together? Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>
@ 2002-09-03 08:37   ` tp <tp@emaze.net>
  2002-09-03 18:39     ` Re: UPDATE & LIMIT together? Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 4+ messages in thread

From: tp @ 2002-09-03 08:37 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>; +Cc: pgsql-sql

Hmm,,

thanks so far, it helped.

The query is horrible slow on full tables (>100.000 rows).
Is there any other solution? I just want to have the 'next 10 entries'
WHERE state=10 and update state=20.
(so that on the next request i or another process only gets the 
new entires in queue).


My query now looks like:
UPDATE queue SET state=20 WHERE (id) IN (SELECT id FROM queue LIMIT 10)


-tp

Bruce Momjian(pgman@candle.pha.pa.us)@Wed, Aug 28, 2002 at 01:01:36PM -0400:
> 
> You have to use a subquery returning the tables primary key to the
> UPDATE:
> 
> 	UPDATE tab SET x=1
> 	WHERE (primkey, col) IN (
> 		SELECT primkey,col FROM tab 
> 		ORDER BY col 
> 		LIMIT 10)
> 
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> tp wrote:
> -- Start of PGP signed section.
> > Hi
> > 
> > I want to SELECT at max. 10 rows and SET a variable for the
> > select 10 rows with the same query.
> > 
> > Under mysql i can use:
> > UPDATE table SET uniq_iq=12345 LIMIT 10
> > SELECT * FROM table WHERE uniq_id=1234;



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* Re: UPDATE & LIMIT together?
  2002-08-28 16:09 UPDATE & LIMIT together? tp <tp@emaze.net>
  2002-08-28 17:01 ` Re: UPDATE & LIMIT together? Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>
  2002-09-03 08:37   ` Re: UPDATE & LIMIT together? tp <tp@emaze.net>
@ 2002-09-03 18:39     ` Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 4+ messages in thread

From: Bruce Momjian @ 2002-09-03 18:39 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: tp@emaze.net; +Cc: pgsql-sql

tp wrote:
> Hmm,,
> 
> thanks so far, it helped.
> 
> The query is horrible slow on full tables (>100.000 rows).
> Is there any other solution? I just want to have the 'next 10 entries'
> WHERE state=10 and update state=20.
> (so that on the next request i or another process only gets the 
> new entires in queue).
> 
> 
> My query now looks like:
> UPDATE queue SET state=20 WHERE (id) IN (SELECT id FROM queue LIMIT 10)

Without an ORDER BY, I am not sure what that LIMIT is returning.

I don't know of a faster way.

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  Bruce Momjian                        |  http://candle.pha.pa.us
  pgman@candle.pha.pa.us               |  (610) 359-1001
  +  If your life is a hard drive,     |  13 Roberts Road
  +  Christ can be your backup.        |  Newtown Square, Pennsylvania 19073



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