Karsten Hilbert <Karsten.Hilbert@xxxxxxx> writes: > I am trying to run this query in psql: > update clin.episode > set fk_patient = clin.health_issue.fk_patient > from clin.health_issue > where > clin.episode.fk_patient is NULL and > clin.episode.fk_health_issue = clin.health_issue.pk; > It returns "UPDATE 2" which is what I expect from the data. > However, the rows in question are not actually updated. That seems very strange. Could you perhaps have a BEFORE UPDATE trigger that's changing the values back to null again? regards, tom lane