From: Scott Marlowe <scott.marlowe@gmail.com>
To: emilu@encs.concordia.ca
Cc: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: case when... end in update clause?
Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2008 09:01:51 -0700
Message-ID: <dcc563d10803120901j5f6bd4as8eae1320318b7060@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <47D7FB06.10707@encs.concordia.ca>
References: <47D7FB06.10707@encs.concordia.ca>
On Wed, Mar 12, 2008 at 8:47 AM, Emi Lu <emilu@encs.concordia.ca> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> May I know can "case when " used by update clause. If yes, how?
>
> I use one small Example, table: test
> =============================
> id
> ==
> 5
> 6
> 8
>
> try to update test.id
>
>
> update test
>
> case
> when id =5 then SET id = 6
> end
> ;
would this work:
update test set id=5 where id=6;
???
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