From: Gnanavel S <s.gnanavel@gmail.com>
To: Joost Kraaijeveld <J.Kraaijeveld@askesis.nl>
Cc: Pgsql-sql@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: How to add column from old_table to new_table?
Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2005 18:31:59 +0530
Message-ID: <eec3b03c0509210601621958ac@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1127307055.20038.25.camel@Panoramix>
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<1127307055.20038.25.camel@Panoramix>
On 9/21/05, Joost Kraaijeveld <J.Kraaijeveld@askesis.nl> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I made a mistake in describing the query I tried. The query I tried was:
>
> update new_table
> set new_attribute = (select old_attribute from old_table, new_table
> where old_table.id = new_table.id)
> where old_table.id = new_table.id
It should be written has
update new_table set new_attribute=old_attribute from old_table where
old_table.id=new_table.id;
It actually returns the error "ERROR: more than one row returned by a
> subquery used as an expression" if ran.
>
>
> --
> Groeten,
>
> Joost Kraaijeveld
> Askesis B.V.
> Molukkenstraat 14
> 6524NB Nijmegen
> tel: 024-3888063 / 06-51855277
> fax: 024-3608416
> e-mail: J.Kraaijeveld@Askesis.nl
> web: www.askesis.nl <http://www.askesis.nl;
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with regards,
S.Gnanavel
Satyam Computer Services Ltd.
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