Received: from localhost (unknown [200.46.204.184]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ED7472E0098 for ; Thu, 20 Mar 2008 08:39:17 -0300 (ADT) Received: from postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (mx1.hub.org [200.46.204.184]) (amavisd-maia, port 10024) with ESMTP id 77450-04 for ; Thu, 20 Mar 2008 08:39:06 -0300 (ADT) X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey-1.7.5 Received: from tinlc.com (unknown [72.18.206.65]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 78E1D2E0097 for ; Thu, 20 Mar 2008 08:39:13 -0300 (ADT) Received: from biglumber.com ([72.18.206.64] helo=localhost) by tinlc.com with smtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JcJ72-0007tE-6k; Thu, 20 Mar 2008 06:39:12 -0500 From: "Greg Sabino Mullane" To: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org Subject: Re: Select into X-PGP-Key: 2529 DF6A B8F7 9407 E944 45B4 BC9B 9067 1496 4AC8 X-Request-PGP: http://www.biglumber.com/x/web?pk=2529DF6AB8F79407E94445B4BC9B906714964AC8 In-Reply-To: <786D2B38-CE0A-41BF-9E70-4DEB22F8D9EF@eclinic.com.au> Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2008 11:39:12 -0000 X-Mailer: JoyMail 2.01 Message-ID: <421579d82638a19e77598f40483af716@biglumber.com> X-Virus-Scanned: Maia Mailguard 1.0.1 X-Archive-Number: 200803/136 X-Sequence-Number: 30464 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: RIPEMD160 > Ie. I want to copy the contents of a row (but for the id > column - of course) into a record in the same table. BEGIN; CREATE TEMP TABLE tempfoo AS SELECT * FROM foo WHERE id = 123; UPDATE tempfoo SET id = 456; DELETE FROM foo WHERE id = 456; INSERT INTO foo SELECT * FROM tempfoo; COMMIT; - -- Greg Sabino Mullane greg@turnstep.com End Point Corporation PGP Key: 0x14964AC8 200803200737 http://biglumber.com/x/web?pk=2529DF6AB8F79407E94445B4BC9B906714964AC8 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iEYEAREDAAYFAkfiTIYACgkQvJuQZxSWSsiCMwCdESkEe8Hc5xHhJ2B3qX3V7EqX Z2IAoMy65D2OhdUpYVtfEq182PhfsEfZ =fx5V -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----