Commit 16c5a471 authored by Tom Lane's avatar Tom Lane

Improve note about not using the target table name in the SET clause.

It's not related to whether an alias is used or not.
parent 2647ad65
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......@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ UPDATE [ ONLY ] <replaceable class="PARAMETER">table</replaceable> [ [ AS ] <rep
You must have the <literal>UPDATE</literal> privilege on the table
to update it, as well as the <literal>SELECT</literal>
privilege to any table whose values are read in the
<replaceable class="parameter">expression</replaceable>s or
<replaceable class="parameter">expressions</replaceable> or
<replaceable class="parameter">condition</replaceable>.
</para>
</refsect1>
......@@ -82,9 +82,7 @@ UPDATE [ ONLY ] <replaceable class="PARAMETER">table</replaceable> [ [ AS ] <rep
provided, it completely hides the actual name of the table. For
example, given <literal>UPDATE foo AS f</>, the remainder of the
<command>UPDATE</command> statement must refer to this table as
<literal>f</> not <literal>foo</>. You cannot use the alias in
the <literal>SET</literal> clause. For example, <literal>SET
f.col = 1</> is invalid.
<literal>f</> not <literal>foo</>.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
......@@ -96,7 +94,9 @@ UPDATE [ ONLY ] <replaceable class="PARAMETER">table</replaceable> [ [ AS ] <rep
The name of a column in <replaceable
class="PARAMETER">table</replaceable>.
The column name can be qualified with a subfield name or array
subscript, if needed.
subscript, if needed. Do not include the table's name in the
specification of a target column &mdash; for example,
<literal>UPDATE tab SET tab.col = 1</> is invalid.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
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