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From: Thomas Kellerer <spam_eater@gmx.net>
To: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: UPDATE COMPATIBILITY
Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2012 17:28:40 +0100
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In-Reply-To: <201201170719.47830.adrian.klaver@gmail.com>
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Adrian Klaver, 17.01.2012 16:19:
>> You need to rewrite it to:
>>
>> UPDATE accounts
>>     SET contact_last_name = s.last_name,
>>         contact_first_name = s.first_name
>> FROM salesmen s
>> WHERE s.id = accounts.sales_id
>
> For completeness, you could also do:
>
>   UPDATE accounts
>      SET (contact_last_name,contact_first_name)=
> 	(s.last_name,s.first_name)
>   FROM salesmen s
>   WHERE s.id = accounts.sales_id
>

Nice one!

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