On 12/20/2013 09:59 AM, Alvaro Herrera wrote:
> WITH moved AS (
> DELETE FROM src WHERE ..
> RETURNING *
> ) INSERT INTO dst SELECT * FROM moved;
I know that's effectively an atomic action, but I'd feel a lot more
comfortable reversing that logic so the delete is based on the results
of the insert.
WITH saved AS (
INSERT INTO dst
SELECT * FROM src WHERE ...
RETURNING *
)
DELETE FROM src
WHERE ...;
I'll admit yours is cleaner, though. :)
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