Re: newbie question

On Fri, Mar 03, 2006 at 10:43:09AM +0100, ivan marchesini wrote:

> I have fastly created a table in a postgresql database..
> some columns where edited by hand (columns A, B, C), and some others
> (columns D, E, F) have been calculated as a result of mathematical
> equation (where the factors are the A, B, C columns)....
> now I simply need to change some values in the A, B, C columns and I
> would like to obtain the correct values in the D, E, F column...
> I know that this is a tipical problem of a spreadsheet but how can I
> solve it with a DBMS??

Use triggers or a view.

Karsten
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