From 66fc528d991689f2d9d6e31b9c22592bc715535b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> Date: Wed, 8 Mar 2006 22:59:09 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Remove somebody's flight of fancy about an UPDATE with ORDER BY and LIMIT. --- doc/src/sgml/ref/update.sgml | 16 +--------------- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 15 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/update.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/update.sgml index f3c7f3aa54d..3b03e86a1eb 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/update.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/update.sgml @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ <!-- -$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/update.sgml,v 1.36 2006/01/22 20:34:11 tgl Exp $ +$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/update.sgml,v 1.37 2006/03/08 22:59:09 tgl Exp $ PostgreSQL documentation --> @@ -232,20 +232,6 @@ UPDATE employees SET sales_count = sales_count + 1 WHERE id = </programlisting> </para> - <para> - Now that all the papers are signed, update the most recently closed - deal of the travelling salesperson who closed the Rocket Powered - Skates deal with the Acme Corporation. -<programlisting> -UPDATE employees SET last_closed_deal = deal.id - FROM accounts JOIN deals ON (account.id = deal.account_id) - WHERE deal.employee_id = employees.id - AND deal.name = 'Rocket Powered Skates' - AND accounts.name = 'Acme Corporation' - ORDER BY deal.signed_date DESC LIMIT 1; -</programlisting> - </para> - <para> Attempt to insert a new stock item along with the quantity of stock. If the item already exists, instead update the stock count of the existing -- GitLab