Re: What is the syntax for UPDATE from one table to another?

On Fri, Mar 12, 2004 at 09:40:13 -0800,
  pw  wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> 
> What is the proper syntax for updating a column inone table from
> a column in another?
> 
> I have tried this:
> 
> UPDATE destination_table FROM source_table SET 
> destination_table.column_one = source_table.column_b WHERE constraint;
> 
> This fails, so I must have the syntax incorrect.

If you check the documentation you will see that SET is supposed to be before
FROM.