Re: Whole-row comparison ?

Ok I understand now that this row(t.*) syntax is new to postgres 8.2

As explained in the documentation, §4.2.11. Row Constructors:

A row constructor can include the syntax rowvalue.*, which will be expanded to a list of the elements of the row value, just as occurs when the .* syntax is used at the top level of a SELECT list. For example, if table t has columns f1 and f2, these are the same:
SELECT ROW(t.*, 42) FROM t;
SELECT ROW(t.f1, t.f2, 42) FROM t;

This would obviously simplify the syntax of my queries a lot since I have so many columns. I'm going to try and install the newest version and check it. I'll keep you informed.

Thanks to all!
Christian

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> select * from temp."BSC_Table" t, public.bsc_view p where t.id = p.id
> and row(t) <> row(p);
>
> ERROR: operator does not exist: "temp"."BSC_Table" <> bsc_view SQL
> state: 42883
> Hint: No operator matches the given name and argument type(s). You may
> need to add explicit type casts.
>

Don't forget to reply all so that everyone on the list can participate. Also, do this is good since it doesn't limit you to my limited knowledge. ;)

row() doesn't do what you think it does.

you have to specify every column that you want to compare, so:

row(t.col1, t.col2, t.col3, t.col4) <> row(p.col1, p.col2, p.col3, p.col4)

where the datatypes of each respective column match. i.e. t.col1 maps to p.col1, ...

Regards,
Richard Broersma Jr.