Re: Cursor bug? - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Martijn van Oosterhout
Subject Re: Cursor bug?
Date
Msg-id 20050117092551.GB30350@svana.org
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In response to Re: Cursor bug?  ("Mike G." <mike@thegodshalls.com>)
List pgsql-general
On Mon, Jan 17, 2005 at 12:06:56AM -0600, Mike G. wrote:
> It doesn't look like it has been added to the documentation yet.  The
> only reference I could find to it was in the todo list (create
> similiar ability for delete statement).
>
> USING allows you to add join statements to your update statement and
> use the data in the columns of the joined tables as input into the
> table the update is performed against.
>
> http://manuals.sybase.com/onlinebooks/group-as/asg1/250e/sqlug/@Generic_BookTextView/27741

This link doesn't work for me, nothing happens. Any other references?
I'm trying to understand what it allows that a FROM-clause doesn't.

Have a nice day,
--
Martijn van Oosterhout   <kleptog@svana.org>   http://svana.org/kleptog/
> Patent. n. Genius is 5% inspiration and 95% perspiration. A patent is a
> tool for doing 5% of the work and then sitting around waiting for someone
> else to do the other 95% so you can sue them.

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