hi all i'm using postgres 7.3 my problem is i want to build a helper table: UPDATE studienmodul_summary SET kategorie = (SELECT kategorie_bezeichnung if the SELECT gives back just one result row, everthing is easy. my problem is, there is sometimes more than one result row. is there a way to concatenate all result rows and insert them in one field? any hint is very much appreciated. thanks simon -- Simon Litwan simon.litwan@xxxxxxxxx Wyona Inc. - Open Source Content Management - Apache Lenya http://www.wyona.com http://lenya.apache.org