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Subject Order of Operations for Update Command
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Msg-id 20160825152726.15674.18873@wrigleys.postgresql.org
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Responses Re: Order of Operations for Update Command  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
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Page: https://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.5/static/sql-update.html
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Does the Update command update the columns in the order they are listed? Can
an updated column's new value be used in the value calculation for a
subsequent column?
i.e. update mytable set qty=qty+5,price=price*1.1,subtotal=qty*price
Will the subtotal be calculated based on the old column values or the new
column values?

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