Re: row constructors

From: Sim Zacks <sim(at)compulab(dot)co(dot)il>
To: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: row constructors
Date: 2009-02-12 10:03:26
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Never mind. I found an old post.
I just needed to do:
insert into a1 select (f2).* from a2;

I didn't find it the first time I searched because I was looking for row
constructors, and the post I found used the term composite value.

Sim

Sim Zacks wrote:
> Is there any way to insert a row constructor into the table of the same
> type?
>
> For example:
> create table a1(id int, f1 text);
> create table a2(id int, f2 a1);
>
> insert into a1 select f2 from a2;
>
> This doesn't work, I am looking for a way to accomplish this functionality.
>
> Thank you
> Sim
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