Hi guys,
- The function works... All the data is updated as expected. However, when I call the function for the second time, it touches the rows that had already been touched by the previous call.... - It triplicate ( LIMIT 3 ) the records. *Question:* How can I make the function to gets the next 3 rows and not use the same rows that have been used before? Function updated: CREATE or REPLACE FUNCTION function_data_1() RETURNS SETOF bigint AS $$ declare row record; BEGIN -- copying the data to the backup table (not the blobs)-- Limiting in 5000 rows each callFOR row IN EXECUTE ' SELECT t1.file_id FROM table1 t1 JOIN table3 t3 ON t3.file_id = t1.file_id ORDER BY 1 LIMIT 3 ' LOOP -- Creating the backup table with the essential dataINSERT INTO table2 (note_id, size, file_id, full_path) ( SELECT t1.note_id, t1.size, t1.file_id, t1.full_path FROM table1 t1 JOIN table3 t3 ON t3.file_id = t1.file_id WHERE t1.file_id = row.file_id ); -- copying the blobs to the table above table2 UPDATE junk.table2 t2 SET data = ( SELECT o1.data FROM original_table1_b o1 JOIN table3 t3 ON t3.file_id = o1.file_id WHERE t3.migrated = 0 AND t2.file_id = o1.file_id AND o1.file_id = row.file_id ) WHERE t2.file_id = row.file_id; -- updating the migrated column from 0 to 1 UPDATE table3 t2 SET migrated = 1 WHERE t2.file_id = row.file_id AND migrated = 0; -- set the blobs as null UPDATE original_table1_b o1 SET data = NULL WHERE o1.file_id = row.file_id;END LOOP; END $$ language 'plpgsql';