RE: subqueries as values in updates

Hi,

The syntax you used works fine for me.

francis=# select version();
version
---------------------------------------------------------------
PostgreSQL 7.0.2 on i686-pc-linux-gnu, compiled by gcc 2.95.2
(1 row)

Hope this helps

Francis Solomon

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> Subject: [SQL] subqueries as values in updates
>
>
> hello, list.
> are subqueries alloved as values in an update command ?
> e.g.
>
> update a set a.attribute1 = a.attribute1 +
> (select sum(b.attribute1) from b where b.attribute2=a.attribute2);
>
> If yes, how is the correct syntax ?
> If not, is there a hope for it in a future version ?