In Microsoft SQL Server, I can write an UPDATE query as follows:
update orders set RequiredDate =
(case when c.City IN ('Seattle','Portland') then o.OrderDate + 2 else o.OrderDate + 1 end)
from orders o
join customers c on
o.Customerid = c.Customerid
where c.region in ('WA','OR')
This query finds 47 rows matching the WHERE clause and updates the RequiredDate in the Orders table based on data in the orders table and the customer table for these 47 rows.
It appears that I can do the same thing in Postgres with the following syntax:
update orders set RequiredDate =
(case when c.city in ('Seattle','Portland') then date(o.OrderDate) + 1
else date(o.OrderDate) + 2 end)
from orders o
join customers c on
o.Customerid = c.Customerid
where c.region in ('WA','OR')
and orders.orderid = o.orderid
The only difference being that I need to add the join at the end to join the orders table in the update statement with the "orders o" table in the fromlist.
First, does this look correct? It appears to work the way I want. Second, it would be really nice if there was better documentation of the UPDATE statement in Postgres, including examples of this type.
Thanks.
Mark Dexter
Dexter + Chaney
9700 Lake City Way NE, Seattle, WA 98115-2347
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