V S P <toreason@xxxxxxxxxxx> schrieb: > Hello, > searched documentation, FAQ and mailing list archives > (mailing list archive search is volumous :-) ) > > but could not find an answer: > > I would like to be able to update > several rows to different values at the same time > > In oracle this used to be called Array update or > 'collect' update or 'bulk' update -- but those > keywords did not bring anything for Postgresql. test=# create table foo (id int, val int); CREATE TABLE Zeit: 0,837 ms test=*# insert into foo values (1,1); INSERT 0 1 Zeit: 0,434 ms test=*# insert into foo values (2,2); INSERT 0 1 Zeit: 0,298 ms test=*# update foo set val = case when id=1 then 10 when id=2 then 20 end; UPDATE 2 Zeit: 0,424 ms test=*# select * from foo; id | val ----+----- 1 | 10 2 | 20 (2 Zeilen) Is this okay for you? Andreas -- Really, I'm not out to destroy Microsoft. That will just be a completely unintentional side effect. (Linus Torvalds) "If I was god, I would recompile penguin with --enable-fly." (unknown) Kaufbach, Saxony, Germany, Europe. N 51.05082°, E 13.56889° -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
