Thread: UPDATE with table join

UPDATE with table join

From
Tarlika Elisabeth Schmitz
Date:
I need to update some records in a table depending on values in another
table:

UPDATE item SET export_time = now()
WHERE item_pk IN 
(SELECT item.item_pk AS pkFROM ITEMLEFT JOIN product product ON Item.product_fk = product.product_pk WHERE product.xyz
='t' AND ...
 
)


Is this the most efficient way of doing this?
Is there a limit to the number of results that IN can cope with?

This needs to run on Postgres 7.4.

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Best Regards,

Tarlika Elisabeth Schmitz


A: Because it breaks the logical sequence of discussion
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