Re: [SQL] SQL Problem - Mailing list pgsql-sql

From Peter Eisentraut
Subject Re: [SQL] SQL Problem
Date
Msg-id Pine.GSO.4.02A.9910281257210.567-100000@Puma.DoCS.UU.SE
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In response to SQL Problem  ("Imtiaz. S. M" <imtiaz_sm@yahoo.com>)
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UPDATE second_table SET date_column = (SELECT min(date_column) FROM
first_table);

On Thu, 28 Oct 1999, Imtiaz. S. M wrote:

> I have two tables which have exactly the same structure. Both of them
> have one datetime column along with three other columns. But the
> datetime column value in the second table is NULL for all the rows. Now
> I want select the least date(date with the least value in the datetime
> column) from the first table and update all the rows in the second table
> with this least date value from the first table. I do not want to use
> any compiler or host variables. I should be able to do this only using
> SQL statements. Cn somebody please help me? Thanks in advance.
> 
> regards
> Imtiaz
> 
> 
> ************
> 
> 

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