Re: Update two tables returning id from insert CTE Query

From: Patrick B <patrickbakerbr(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Kevin Grittner <kgrittn(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: "David G(dot) Johnston" <david(dot)g(dot)johnston(at)gmail(dot)com>, pgsql-general <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Update two tables returning id from insert CTE Query
Date: 2016-09-27 21:25:19
Message-ID: CAJNY3it8t1CtzWRsnUXJOs4o0zE_jSmwE3-fX6DTo=v6eKhUUg@mail.gmail.com
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2016-09-28 10:11 GMT+13:00 Kevin Grittner <kgrittn(at)gmail(dot)com>:

> On Tue, Sep 27, 2016 at 3:33 PM, Patrick B <patrickbakerbr(at)gmail(dot)com>
> wrote:
>
> > 4 - Get the table_1.c_id from the STEP NUMBER 2 and put it into
> table_2.c_id
> > - This is the problem.. how can I get the inserted id from STEP2 and put
> it
> > into c_id respecting the order?
>
> For DML you need to think of the data as being unordered sets, not
> ordered lists. The whole concept of a relational database is that
> related rows can be associated through their common data values.
> You are splitting them apart and then trying to match them up again
> to link them back together. You will be better off if you can
> leave the relationship intact all the way through -- perhaps by
> adding name_last to table_1.
>

Can you give me examples please?
Patrick

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