On 4 May 2012 14:01, Robert Haas <robertmh...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Fri, May 4, 2012 at 8:32 AM, Hannu Krosing <ha...@krosing.net> wrote: >> For logical we don't really need to uniquely identify such rows - it >> should sufficient if we just update exactly one of the matching rows. >> >> The way to do this is to put all fields of the OLD.* tuple in the WHERE >> clause and then update just one matching row. >> >> IIRC updating (or deleting) CURRENT OF a cursor is currently supported >> only in pl/pgsql so this needs to be done using a plpgsql cursor. >> >> If the table has no indexes or index lookup returns lots of rows, then >> this is bound to be slow, but in this case it was probably slow on >> master too :) > > I was about to write a reply saying exactly this, but you said it > better than I would have been able to manage. > > I think this is all exactly right.
Yes, but its not a high priority for inclusion. Many things like this will need to wait behind the really critical additional features. -- Simon Riggs http://www.2ndQuadrant.com/ PostgreSQL Development, 24x7 Support, Training & Services -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
