Re: Change request ... - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Martijn van Oosterhout
Subject Re: Change request ...
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Msg-id 20070927103340.GB13133@svana.org
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In response to Re: Change request ...  (Lukas Kahwe Smith <smith@pooteeweet.org>)
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On Thu, Sep 27, 2007 at 12:15:24PM +0200, Lukas Kahwe Smith wrote:
> >It's been on the TODO list for at least 5 years...
>
> Wow, I was not aware of this limitation. MySQL hacks around this issue
> by allowing an ORDER BY in UPDATE (and DELETE) statements.

There is a similar workaround for postgres too, but it's a hack, it
won't work in the general case.

Have a nice day,
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Martijn van Oosterhout   <kleptog@svana.org>   http://svana.org/kleptog/
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