Re: Is the Halloween problem an issue in Postgres - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: Is the Halloween problem an issue in Postgres
Date
Msg-id 1673519.1606942085@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Is the Halloween problem an issue in Postgres  (guyren@icloud.com)
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guyren@icloud.com writes:
> The Halloween problem is that it is a challenge for the database if you’re updating a field that is also in the WHERE
clauseof the same query. 
> I just saw a presentation from someone about how in SQL Server he recommended writing changes to a temp table and
thenwriting them to the table as being much more efficient. 

That's nonsense as far as Postgres is concerned.

            regards, tom lane



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