UPDATE statement with multiple joins in PostgreSQL

Question

I\'m trying to update a table called incode_warrants and set the warn_docket_no to the viol_docket_no from the incode_violations

Answer 1

UPDATE incode_warrants iw
     SET warn_docket_no = iv.viol_docket_no
FROM incode_warrantvs AS iwvs, incode_violations AS iv 
WHERE iv.viol_citation_no = iwvs.warnv_citation_no AND
      iv.viol_viol_no = iwvs.warnv_viol_no AND
      iw.warn_rid = iwvs.warnv_rid;

Answer 2

That is my code, i generate my join and enclosure in a and after join with my updateable table and in my where i compare my identitys, sorry for my english

update cs_ticket ct
set site_name = a.name
from (
    select ct.id, cs."name" 
    from cs_ticket ct 
    inner join cs_net_segment cns 
    on ct.affected_ip like cns.ip || '.%'
    and end_date is null
    inner join cs_site cs 
    on cs.id = cns.site_id)a
where ct.id = a.id;

Answer 3

Your update a table, not the join

update incode_warrants ALIAS
set warn_docket_no = iv.viol_docket_no
from incode_warrantvs as iw 
...

Answer 4

Your query should look like this:

UPDATE incode_warrants
SET warn_docket_no = incode_violations.viol_docket_no
FROM incode_violations
WHERE incode_violations.viol_citation_no = incode_warrants.warnv_citation_no
AND incode_violations.viol_viol_no = incode_warrants.warnv_viol_no;

You don't need any other join. With this query you just update a column in one table with values from a column from another table. Of course, it updates only when WHERE condition is true.

Answer 5

The same as valid UPDATE statement in Postgres:

UPDATE incode_warrants iw
SET    warn_docket_no = iv.viol_docket_no
FROM   incode_warrantvs  iwvs
JOIN   incode_violations iv ON iv.viol_citation_no = iwvs.warnv_citation_no
                           AND iv.viol_viol_no = iwvs.warnv_viol_no
WHERE  iw.warn_rid = iwvs.warnv_rid;
-- AND iw.warn_docket_no IS DISTINCT FROM iv.viol_docket_no -- see below

You cannot just use a table alias in the FROM clause as target table in the UPDATE clause. The (one!) table to be updated comes right after UPDATE keyword (if we ignore a possible ONLY keyword in between). You can add an alias there if you want. That's the immediate cause of your error message, but there's more.

The column to be updated is always from the one table to be updated and cannot be table-qualified.

You don't need to repeat the target table in the FROM clause - except for special cases like this:

• PostgreSQL: update with left outer self join ignored

This optional addition can avoid pointless cost by suppressing updates that do not change anything:

AND iw.warn_docket_no IS DISTINCT FROM iv.viol_docket_no

See:

• How do I (or can I) SELECT DISTINCT on multiple columns?

More in the excellent manual on UPDATE.