Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2006 16:13:48 -0500
From: Andrew Sullivan <ajs@crankycanuck.ca>
To: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: Update in all tables
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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).

A

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