I wonder if this works:<br /><br />update stock s set s_superceded = true <br />where s.s_updated < (select
max(t.s_updated)from stock t where t.s_vin = s.s_vin)<br /><br /><br /><br /><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, May 14,
2009at 7:27 AM, Gary Stainburn <span dir="ltr"><<a
href="mailto:gary.stainburn@ringways.co.uk">gary.stainburn@ringways.co.uk</a>></span>wrote:<br /><blockquote
class="gmail_quote"style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">I
knowI should be able to do this but my brain's mashed today<br /><br /> I have a stock table with<br /><br />
s_stock_no varchar primary key<br /> s_vin varchar<br /> s_updated
timestamp<br/> s_superceded boolean<br /><br /> It is possible for the same vin to exist on stock if we
havesold and then<br /> bought back a vehicle, e.g. as a part exchange.<br /><br /> Every time a vehicle is
inserted/updatedthe s_updated field is update.<br /><br /> How can I update the table so that for each s_vin, if a
recorddoes not have<br /> the most recent s_updated value, s_superceded is set to true?<br /><br /> I can get the most
recentvalue by running:<br /><br /> select * from (select s_vin,<br /> count(s_updated) as numb,<br />
max(s_updated)::timestampas latest<br /> from stock<br /> group by s_vin) foo<br /> where numb > 1;<br /><br
/><br/> but I can't seem to get how I can convert this to an update statement. The num<br /> > 1 simply removed all
vehicleswith only one record.<br /><br /> I seem to think I need an update..... from..... statement<br /><br /> --<br
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