On 10/13/06, Jean-Christophe Roux <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

Thanks for the "ctid" trick. The code below worked fine
    for rec in select * from fromemail_trades loop
        update fromemail_trades set recordid = row where ctid = rec.ctid;
        row := row -1;
    end loop;
The first line is a little different from your's:
    FOR row IN SELECT ctid, * FROM table FOR UPDATE LOOP

How important is it to specify ctid in the select and to add 'for update'?

it's not. also, without a where clause you are better off just locking
the table (lock table...).  also, the above loop is better achieved
via a single query.

merlin

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