On Tue, Jan 15, 2019 at 9:42 AM Alexander Farber <alexander.far...@gmail.com> wrote: > When I am trying > > WITH diffs AS ( > SELECT > gid, > uid, > played - LAG(played) OVER(PARTITION BY gid ORDER BY played) AS diff > FROM moves > WHERE uid = 1 > ) > UPDATE users SET > avg_time = TO_CHAR(AVG(diff), 'HH24:MI') > FROM diffs; > > the syntax error is unfortunately printed by PostgreSQL 10: > > aggregate functions are not allowed in UPDATE
So calculate the average somewhere else, put the result in a column, and then reference that column in the SET clause. Its also unusual to have FROM with UPDATE but no WHERE clause... David J.
