Thanks for the quick reply, Using a view and rules seems to be the way to do it as it saves me from rewriting all classes in my application that save data. Is there any simple way to create a rule that on the update of the view 'detects' which field belongs to which table, and updates them accordingly? The application now just parses the fields of the joined tables to the query without any info on which table it came from (as it is the same array returned from the select function, which only gives the field names). I assume one might have to use functions for it, but I never used them. Luuk On Mon, 2006-03-20 at 15:34 +0100, Tino Wildenhain wrote: > Luuk Jansen schrieb: > > I have a quick newbee question: > > > > Is is possible to update in multiple tables at the same time. > > I am working with PHP scripts and will use the following example to > > explain what I want to do: > > > > I have a generic_user tables, which forms a INNER JOIN with the > > logon_user table (with a join using id). > > > > generic_user: > > - id > > - name > > - passowrd > > > > logon_user: > > - id > > - last_logon > > - nickname > > > > As I load all the fields at once in an array, and want to update the > > same, so just something like > > > > "UPDATE generic_user INNER JOIN logon_user USING (id) SET name='test', > > nickname='test2' WHERE id = 1"; > > > > Is there anybody who can explain how to do this? > > You either update both tables in subsequent update statements > (in one exec call or inside your transaction) > or create an updateable view. > (Just like aregular view and then add a rule for update - maybe > using a call to a stored function) > or just use the stored function directly. > > HTH > Tino > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 6: explain analyze is your friend
