Excellent solution.
You can use oid as the unique attribute.
UPDATE contact SET bounce = 1 WHERE email ~* 'rvro' AND email NOT IN
(SELECT c1.email FROM contact c1, contact c2
WHERE c1.oid != c2.oid AND c1.email = c2.email);
Troy
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> Hi
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> FB> select * from contact where email ~* 'rvro';
> FB> if I get a single row in the result then I enter:
> FB> update contact set bounce=1 where email ~* 'rvro';
>
> FB> Can I combine this into a single SQL statement with the following
> FB> requirements:
> FB> 1) the update is only performed if a single row is selected
> FB> 2) I only enter the selection string ('rvro' in this case) once in the
> FB> command?
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> Assume that pk is PRIMARY KEY (or UNIQUE attribute) of relation contact.
>
> UPDATE contact SET bounce = 1 WHERE email ~* 'rvro' AND NOT email IN
> (SELECT c1.email FROM contact c1, contact c2
> WHERE c1.pk != c2.pk AND c1.email = c2.email);
>
> LPK Station mailto:kl@84105.aanet.ru
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