Thread: update syntax error?

UPDATE <table> SET field1=<value>,field2=<value>

On Tue, 15 Aug 2000, k.c. hemelstrand wrote:

> Can anybody help with why I am receiving the error below?
> 
> Thanks
> K.C.
> 
> 
> parts=# \d av_parts
>                                      Table "av_parts"
>       Attribute      |    Type     |                       Modifier                        
> ---------------------+-------------+-------------------------------------------------------
>  itemid              | integer     | not null default nextval('av_parts_itemid_seq'::text)
>  vendorid            | integer     | 
>  partnumber          | varchar(25) | 
>  alternatepartnumber | varchar(25) | 
>  nsn                 | varchar(15) | 
>  description         | varchar(50) | 
>  condition           | varchar(10) | 
>  quantity            | integer     | 
>  rawpartnumber       | varchar(25) | 
>  rawalternatenumber  | varchar(25) | 
>  rawnsnnumber        | varchar(15) | 
>  date                | integer     | 
>  cagecode            | varchar(10) | 
> Indices: av_parts_alternatepartnumber_in,
>          av_parts_itemid_key,
>          av_parts_nsn_index,
>          av_parts_partnumber_index,
>          av_parts_rawalternatenumber_ind,
>          av_parts_rawnsnnumber_index,
>          av_parts_rawpartnumber_index,
>          av_parts_vendorid_index
> 
> 
> parts=# UPDATE av_parts
> parts-# SET rawalternaternumber = 'NULL' AND alternatepartnumber = 'NULL'
> parts-# WHERE rawalternatenumber = 'IVA81A';
> ERROR:  left-hand side of AND is type 'unknown', not 'bool'
> 

Marc G. Fournier                   ICQ#7615664               IRC Nick: Scrappy
Systems Administrator @ hub.org 
primary: scrappy@hub.org           secondary: scrappy@{freebsd|postgresql}.org 

query should have a comma instead of the word and...

HTH
mikeo

At 04:27 PM 8/20/00 -0300, The Hermit Hacker wrote:
>
>UPDATE <table> SET field1=<value>,field2=<value>
>
>On Tue, 15 Aug 2000, k.c. hemelstrand wrote:
>
>> Can anybody help with why I am receiving the error below?
>> 
>> Thanks
>> K.C.
>> 
>> 
>> parts=# UPDATE av_parts
>> parts-# SET rawalternaternumber = 'NULL' AND alternatepartnumber = 'NULL'
>> parts-# WHERE rawalternatenumber = 'IVA81A';
>> ERROR:  left-hand side of AND is type 'unknown', not 'bool'
>> 
>
>Marc G. Fournier                   ICQ#7615664               IRC Nick:
Scrappy
>Systems Administrator @ hub.org 
>primary: scrappy@hub.org           secondary:
scrappy@{freebsd|postgresql}.org 
>