Thread: query failed , don't know why

query failed , don't know why

From
Jeff MacDonald
Date:
UPDATE members m,payments p SET m.status = 2 WHERE p.paydate > 'now'::datetime - '1 month'::timespan and p.productid =
'xxxxxxx'and m.gid = p.gid
 

i'm trying to run that query and i'm getting 

"parse error near m"

but it looks ok to me 

i'm running postgresql 7.0.2 with freebsd 4.0 stable

jeff





Re: [HACKERS] query failed , don't know why

From
Tom Lane
Date:
Jeff MacDonald <jeff@pgsql.com> writes:
> UPDATE members m,payments p SET m.status = 2 WHERE p.paydate > 'now'::datetime - '1 month'::timespan and p.productid
='xxxxxxx' and m.gid = p.gid
 
> i'm trying to run that query and i'm getting 
> "parse error near m"
> but it looks ok to me 

OK according to what reference?  SQL92 doesn't allow anything but a
simple <table name> between UPDATE and SET --- no aliases, much less
multiple table names.
        regards, tom lane