On Tue, 22 Mar 2005, Scott Frankel wrote:
> Syntax troubles.
>
> What is the proper syntax for using FROM ONLY table_name in an UPDATE
> statement? According to the docs, In a FROM clause, I should be able to
> use the ONLY keyword preceding the table name. This throws an error:
>
> UPDATE FROM ONLY people SET color = 'cyan' WHERE usr_pkey = 1;
It's actually UPDATE ONLY people (I was using the select version in my
message as a shorthand, sorry).
> What is the proper syntax for specifying FROM ONLY in the inheritance
> statement?
You don't need to do it in the inheritance clause, and I'm not sure what
it would do if it were allowed.
> This also throws an error:
>
> CREATE TABLE people_history (
> hist_pkey SERIAL NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY,
> hist_tstamp timestamp DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP
> ) INHERITS ONLY (people);
>
> What does GUC stand for? ;)
I think it's like grand unified configuration. It's the configuration
variables in the conf file and SETs and so on.
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