em stands for "easy money"
update tbl1
set col3=em.col3,col4=em.col4,col5=em.col5
from
(select col3, col4,col5 from tbl2 where col1="criteria") em
Regards,
Justin Tocci
Programmer
www.workflowproducts.com
7813 Harwood Road
North Richland Hills, TX 76180
phone 817-503-9545
skype justintocci
On May 13, 2013, at 3:23 PM, Bret Stern <bret_stern@machinemanagement.com> wrote:
> PG 8.4
>
> Having trouble putting together an update query to update
> multiple columns in tbl1 from columns in tbl2.
>
> update tbl1
> set col3,col4,col5
> from
> (select col3, col4,col5 from tbl2 where col1="criteria")
>
>
>
> Can someone add to the Postgres Docs (shown below) to help me with this.
>
> UPDATE employees SET sales_count = sales_count + 1 WHERE id =
> (SELECT sales_person FROM accounts WHERE name = 'Acme Corporation');
>
>
> Many thanks
>
> Bret Stern
>
>
>
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