[Dbix-class] Using update on a resultset with join

[Matt S Trout]

On Wed, May 05, 2010 at 12:24:18PM +0200, Peter Rabbitson wrote:
> > Whereas I was expecting SQL like:
> > UPDATE foo me JOIN ( bars bar ON bars.id = me.bar_id ) SET me.exported =
> > 1 WHERE ( me.exported = 0 AND bar.state = 'WA' )
> > 
> 
> Newer versions address this issue, albeit not with the SQL you proposed
> (I am not aware of any RDBMS which will execute the above sanely - i.e.
> *really* restrict the update-able set with the join). In any case -
> simply upgrade.

It's called PostgreSQL. Here's a dollar, MySQL boy, get yourself a real
database.

(though that's still completely the wrong syntax - see

http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/sql-update.html

for the actual SQL involved)

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