am Tue, dem 22.04.2008, um 13:17:42 -0300 mailte Leandro Casadei folgendes: > Hi, I need to update a field from a table based in a count. > > This is the query: > > > update shops > set itemsqty = > ( > select count(*) > from items i1 > join shops s1 on i1.shopid = s1.shopid > where s1.shopid = s0.shopid > ) > from shops s0 Try: update shops set itemsqty = (select count(1) from items where shopid = shops.shopid); test=*# select * from shops ; shop_id | itemsqty ---------+---------- 1 | 0 2 | 0 (2 rows) test=*# select * from items ; shopid -------- 1 1 1 2 (4 rows) test=*# update shops set itemsqty = (select count(1) from items where shopid = shops.shop_id); UPDATE 2 test=*# select * from shops ; shop_id | itemsqty ---------+---------- 1 | 3 2 | 1 (2 rows) Andreas -- Andreas Kretschmer Kontakt: Heynitz: 035242/47150, D1: 0160/7141639 (mehr: -> Header) GnuPG-ID: 0x3FFF606C, privat 0x7F4584DA http://wwwkeys.de.pgp.net