is there a way to use a table alias for the target table in an UPDATE query? I would like to avoid spelling out things like that in psql: update myverylongtablename set col1 = r.col1repl from repltable r where myverylongtablename.id = r.id and myverylongtablename.col2 > 0 Regards Wolfgang Hamann -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general