Re: Update Current Row Based on Prior Row - Mailing list pgsql-novice

Philip Brooks <philswatch@yahoo.com> writes:
> In SQLite, I did it with this:
> UPDATE bf
> SET title = (
> � SELECT title
> � FROM bf AS prev
> � WHERE title IS NOT NULL AND prev.rowid < bf.rowid
> � ORDER BY prev.rowid DESC
> � LIMIT 1
> )
> WHERE title IS NULL

> The update is not porting to Postgresql.

Really?  Seems to work for me.

            regards, tom lane