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| author | Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> | 2022-07-14 15:33:28 -0400 |
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| committer | Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> | 2022-07-14 15:33:28 -0400 |
| commit | afc8ee1e8ca55e2d058dfb15608dccd033b617cf (patch) | |
| tree | a25f2040b5bc41bfef0485f621127f9c57ca791d /doc/src | |
| parent | ac480b074f4ebad1ae8947b1eeb9790e8925f94e (diff) | |
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doc: clarify that "excluded" ON CONFLICT is a single row
Original patch by David G. Johnston.
Reported-by: David G. Johnston
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAKFQuwa4J0+WuO7kW1PLbjoEvzPN+Q_j+P2bXxNnCLaszY7ZdQ@mail.gmail.com
Backpatch-through: 10
Diffstat (limited to 'doc/src')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/src/sgml/ref/insert.sgml | 4 |
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/insert.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/insert.sgml index f2da16867d2..51a179b6c15 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/insert.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/insert.sgml @@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ INSERT INTO <replaceable class="parameter">table_name</replaceable> [ AS <replac provided, it completely hides the actual name of the table. This is particularly useful when <literal>ON CONFLICT DO UPDATE</literal> targets a table named <varname>excluded</varname>, since that will otherwise - be taken as the name of the special table representing rows proposed + be taken as the name of the special table representing the row proposed for insertion. </para> </listitem> @@ -389,7 +389,7 @@ INSERT INTO <replaceable class="parameter">table_name</replaceable> [ AS <replac conflict. The <literal>SET</literal> and <literal>WHERE</literal> clauses in <literal>ON CONFLICT DO UPDATE</literal> have access to the existing row using the - table's name (or an alias), and to rows proposed for insertion + table's name (or an alias), and to the row proposed for insertion using the special <varname>excluded</varname> table. <literal>SELECT</literal> privilege is required on any column in the target table where corresponding <varname>excluded</varname> |