Scott Marlowe <scott.marlowe@gmail.com> writes:
> On Mon, Jul 27, 2009 at 8:48 AM, Jamie
> Lawrence-Jenner<jamie.jenner@autovhc.co.uk> wrote:
>> Our update statements are �as follows
>>
>> Update table set col1=x,col2=y where pkid=1;
>> Update table set col1=x,col2=y where pkid=2;
>> Update table set col1=x,col2=y where pkid=3;
>>
>> Very simple and straight forward. Sometimes there could be as many as 50
>> update statements to process.
> Might as well fire them each as separate statements inside one
> transaction, since pkid is unique and non-repeated in the updates.
If they're all exactly the same pattern like that, it might be worth the
trouble to set up a prepared statement.
regards, tom lane