Am Sat, Feb 17, 2024 at 08:55:57AM -0800 schrieb Adrian Klaver: > >Dear list members, > > > > >So, is this doable within one SQL statement (short of > >creating and running the abovementioned function in > >one go ;-) ? > > Don't know what version of Postgres you are on, assuming 15+ then maybe?: Ah, sorry, I omitted that detail :( Release target for new installs is current Debian Stable, IOW Bookworm, which has PG 15. postgresql: Installiert: 15+248 Installationskandidat: 15+248 Versionstabelle: 16+257 500 500 https://deb.debian.org/debian testing/main i386 Packages *** 15+248 990 990 https://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm/main i386 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status However, legacy deployments may run, say PG 13, root@hermes:~/bin# rmadison postgresql postgresql | 11+200+deb10u5 | oldoldstable | all postgresql | 13+225+deb11u1 | oldstable | all postgresql | 15+248 | stable | all postgresql | 16+257 | testing | all postgresql | 16+257 | unstable | all so ideally it would work on that, too. However, it does not seem too much to ask to *upgrade* GNUmed database servers to Debian *Stable* if on plans on running the next, as-yet-unreleased version ;-) > MERGE > > https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/sql-merge.html :-) I knew I missed something. As Greg also pointed out that is what I need. Thanks ! Karsten -- GPG 40BE 5B0E C98E 1713 AFA6 5BC0 3BEA AC80 7D4F C89B
