On Dec 17, 2007 6:56 PM, Matthew Dennis <mdennis@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > in 8.3beta3 > > create table t0(c1 int); > create table t1(c1 int); > > insert into t0 values (1); > insert into t0 values (2); > insert into t0 values (3); > > If I execute "delete from t0 returning *" it deletes the rows and returns > the deleted rows. I could insert all those rows into t1 by doing "insert > into t1 (select * from t0)". I would expect to be able to do the same with > "returning *". In particular, I would expect "insert into t1 (delete from > t0 returning *)" to delete the rows from t0 and insert them into t1 but I > get a syntax error - is that expected? Yes. This is a 'faq' (although I don't think it's on the faq, maybe it should be. It is harder than it looks. Everyone wants it. merlin ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 2: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster
