Re: Updating 457 rows in a table - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Rich Shepard
Subject Re: Updating 457 rows in a table
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Msg-id 9753bd1a-6b25-b2ce-c2cc-aca258febb8@appl-ecosys.com
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In response to Re: Updating 457 rows in a table  (Ray O'Donnell <ray@rodonnell.ie>)
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On Sun, 19 May 2024, Ray O'Donnell wrote:

> Could you create a table with just person_id values whose rows are to be 
> updated? Then you could do something like this:
>
> update people set active = true where exists (
>   select 1 from temporary_table where person_id = people.person_id
> );
>
> That's just off the top of my head and might not be correct, but that's the 
> way I'd be thinking.

Ray,

I thought of doing this but it's a one-off activity. I would create and
insert the table, then delete it when done. Will keep this in mind.

Thanks,

Rich




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