Slick way to update multiple tables. - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Theodore M Rolle, Jr.
Subject Slick way to update multiple tables.
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Responses Re: Slick way to update multiple tables.  (Michael Lewis <mlewis@entrata.com>)
Re: Slick way to update multiple tables.  (Ron <ronljohnsonjr@gmail.com>)
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I SELECT items from three tables.

It seems that the only way to put updated fields into their proper table is to query each field, then UPDATE each table.

Am I missing something here?
Is there a way to do this automatically?

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