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Re: trying to write a bit of logic as one query, can't seem to do it under 2

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Tom Lane wrote:
Jonathan Vanasco <postgres@xxxxxxxx> writes:
I'm trying to write a bit of logic as 1 query, but I can't seem to do it under 2 queries.

Uh, why can't you just push that CASE expression into the sub-select?

<QUERY SNIPPED>

You might have to qualify qty_requested here to make sure it comes from
cart_item, if there's a column of the same name in stock.

BTW, I'd suggest using GREATEST() instead of the CASE, but that's
just a minor improvement.

Like so?

UPDATE
  cart_item
SET
qty_requested_available = least(cart_item.qty_requested, stock.qty_available)
FROM
  stock
WHERE
  cart_item.stock_id = stock.stock_id AND
qty_requested_available <> least(cart_item.qty_requested, stock.qty_available);


Also note the qualifier that prevents the query from updating every cart_item row whether it needs it or not.

-Glen


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