Re: [HACKERS] Agregates in update? - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Bruce Momjian
Subject Re: [HACKERS] Agregates in update?
Date
Msg-id 199804271325.JAA02578@candle.pha.pa.us
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In response to Re: [HACKERS] Agregates in update?  ("Vadim B. Mikheev" <vadim@sable.krasnoyarsk.su>)
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>
> Bruce Momjian wrote:
> >
> > Added to TODO list.
> > > update a set sum=sum(b.val) where name=b.name ;
>
> Is this in standards ???
> I thought that subselects should be used in such cases...
> And this is one of my plans for 6.4...

No, not standard, but either need to dis-allow it, or make it work properly.

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