From: Matthew Peter <survivedsushi@yahoo.com>
To: Jaime Casanova <systemguards@gmail.com>
Cc: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: update question
Date: Mon, 5 Dec 2005 15:41:23 -0800 (PST)
Message-ID: <20051205234123.82345.qmail@web35208.mail.mud.yahoo.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <c2d9e70e0512051508y2a9c4addj5c7927f3f4052775@mail.gmail.com>
it's in a loop so there's an extra comma at the end so i was thinking i could put in a throw away value to keep the update from breaking if there's an additional comma
Jaime Casanova <systemguards@gmail.com> wrote: On 12/5/05, Matthew Peter wrote:
> I need a throw away value for an insert statement... example...
>
> update table
> set value = 1, value = 2, throw_away_value -- so i don't break the query
> where id = 1;
>
> Thanks
>
What do you mean by "throw away value"?
are you trying to update and if the row doesn't exist then insert? if
that is you can do a function in plpgsql and use exceptions for
that... there is an example in the manuals
--
regards,
Jaime Casanova
(DBA: DataBase Aniquilator ;)
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