UPDATE and SELECT result difference

Hi all,

of course I'm too drunk, or simply I'm missing something, but
I can't understand the difference beetwen the results of these
2 queries:

targhettariodb=# UPDATE temp_principale
targhettariodb-# SET cda_istat = acxx_aziende_istat.cda_istat ,
targhettariodb-# prg_istat = acxx_aziende_istat.prg_istat
targhettariodb-# WHERE acxx_aziende_istat.cda_azienda =
temp_principale.cda_azienda;
UPDATE 1727
targhettariodb=# SELECT count(*)
targhettariodb-# FROM acxx_aziende_istat,temp_principale
targhettariodb-# WHERE acxx_aziende_istat.cda_azienda =
temp_principale.cda_azienda;
count
-------
1929
(1 row)

why this difference in the number of rows?

(
targhettariodb=# SELECT count(*)
targhettariodb-# FROM acxx_aziende_istat, temp_principale
targhettariodb-# WHERE
targhettariodb-# acxx_aziende_istat.cda_azienda is null OR
targhettariodb-# temp_principale.cda_azienda is null OR
targhettariodb-# acxx_aziende_istat.cda_istat IS NULL OR
targhettariodb-# acxx_aziende_istat.prg_istat IS NULL ;
count
-------
0
(1 row)
)

>psql (PostgreSQL) 7.1.3
>contains readline, history support
>Portions Copyright (c) 1996-2001, PostgreSQL Global Development Group
>Portions Copyright (c) 1996 Regents of the University of California
>Read the file COPYRIGHT or use the command \copyright to see the
>usage and distribution terms.

Thanks all.

Regards.

Enrico Mangano
Net Software
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