[OT] SQL question

[Peter Haworth]

sqlite has a CASE statement to conditionally assign values which would
handle this. Maybe postgres has it too?

Pete
lcSQL Software
On Nov 11, 2013 6:26 AM, "Malte Brill" <revolution at derbrill.de> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> thanks for giving some thought. After more lost hair, this appears to work:
>
> INSERT INTO test2 (id,UUID,nummer) VALUES (3,1,(SELECT MAX(value) FROM
> (SELECT erste_nummer AS VALUE FROM test1 WHERE test1.UUID='1' UNION SELECT
> max(nummer) AS VALUE FROM test2 where test2.UUID='1') AS t1)+1)
>
> The Problem is, that postGreSQL appears to be locking tables only during
> the transaction and automagically releases the lock, which is not ideal in
> my situation.
>
> All the best,
>
> Malte
>
>
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