Re: Converting sql anywhere to postgres

2023-08-15 Thread Russell Rose | Passfield Data Systems
I have just had a quick look at rules and I am not sure how it can be done. Rules still use the concept of NEW and OLD. If my original row has 'myfield' set to 'me' then I don't think I can tell the difference between: Update mytable set afield='something' and Update mytable set afield='somethin

Re: Converting sql anywhere to postgres

2023-08-15 Thread Russell Rose | Passfield Data Systems
| Passfield Data Systems ; pgsql-general@lists.postgresql.org Subject: Re: Converting sql anywhere to postgres On 8/15/23 09:43, Georg H. wrote: > Hi, > > Am 15.08.2023 um 17:04 schrieb Russell Rose | Passfield Data Systems: >> >> Hi there >> >> I am trying t

Converting sql anywhere to postgres

2023-08-15 Thread Russell Rose | Passfield Data Systems
Hi there I am trying to convert a SQL Anywhere database to postgres. Within SQL anywhere a field can have a default value of 'last user'. This means that when you perform an update on a table, if the field is not explicitly set then the current user is used. So for instance if I have a field ca