| From: | "Dan Langille" <dan(at)langille(dot)org> |
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| To: | Jean-Luc Lachance <jllachan(at)nsd(dot)ca> |
| Cc: | pgsql-sql(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: How to update record in a specified order |
| Date: | 2002-08-09 22:02:54 |
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On 9 Aug 2002 at 14:37, Josh Berkus wrote:
> JLL,
>
> > I want to update a field with a 'NEXTVAL', but I want the record updated
> > in a specific order.
> > Any simple way of doing this other than having to create a temp table?
>
> Please be more speciifc. What do you mean, "specified order"?
My reading of what is required:
- sort a given result set according to some criteria
- then do something like UPDATE table SET myfield = NEXTVAL
- each row in the result set would get a value one more than the
previous row
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Dan Langille
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