Re: query on multiple tables in schema - Mailing list pgsql-admin

From Bruno Wolff III
Subject Re: query on multiple tables in schema
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Msg-id 20041001183059.GB20624@wolff.to
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In response to query on multiple tables in schema  (Angus Berry <angus.berry@elken.com>)
List pgsql-admin
On Tue, Sep 28, 2004 at 17:19:20 -0400,
  Angus Berry <angus.berry@elken.com> wrote:
> Hi, I wonder if anyone can help.
>
> I'd like to execute a SQL query that performs an action on all the
> (unrelated) tables that I select. The following query doesn't work, but
> the subselect (which works) shows what I'm trying to do. All tables have
> an identical column called id_num.
>
> delete from
> (select tablename from pg_tables where schemaname = 'public')
> where id_num = null

id_num = null will always return NULL which is not TRUE so that no rows
will be selected for deletion. Try using IS NULL instead.

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