Re: Bug in psql - Postgresql 7.3.1?

On Fri, Oct 03, 2003 at 09:18:44 -0400, "John B. Scalia" <jscalia@cityblueprinting.com> wrote:
> All,
> 
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> 
> I'm not certain if what I'm trying to do is legal, but if I execute a
> statement like:
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> UPDATE my_table SET field1='new_value' AND SET field2='different_value'
> WHERE my_table_id = 'key';

It should be:
UPDATE my_table SET field1='new_value', field2='different_value'
WHERE my_table_id = 'key';

> in psql, it reports that it has successfully updated one record.

I am not sure why you aren't getting a syntax error.

> However, the record does not appear to be updated when I subsequently
> issue a SELECT for that record. I'll buy the fact that I may be using
> illegal syntax - I'm not SQL expert, but the update says it worked when
> in fact it did not. Should this have worked or should it have reported
> an error?