The command line shell for SQLite3 has the edit() SQL function which opens an editor of your choice in order to INSERT or UPDATE fields. You can directly use this inside a SQL statement.
Is there an equivalent function for PostgreSQL's psql? Or what would be the canonical way to update/insert only the value of a column in an external editor? I do not want to edit the compound SQL statement in the editor but concentrate on the field content only.
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I am trying to create an Account table with pgAdmin's ERD tool. In the default value for the account_id column, I am trying to put in uuid_generate_v4() from the extension.
But I end up with 'uuid_generate_v4()' in the SQL schema, which doesn't work because it's in quotes:
Oddly, when I take out the quotes, run the SQL, and then view the table in the ERD editor again, it has uuid_generate_v4() as the default value, which didn't work in the first place to create the table.
Is there anyway to create a table using a function for a default value? Or do you have to remove the quotes from each function every time you want to update the schema using the ERD tool?
Is there any way/Extension to enable the feature where a cursor is pointed to some column in a insert query it highlights the corresponding value in the VALUES fields? its available in PL/SQL Developer(attached image). Wonder if its there in SQL Developer
Hi I am trying to import data to a postgresql table from a csv file, so I'd like to know how do I exlude the first column since it is an identity column that increments when data is inserted?
Error I get is here
If you are using some script to add or modify data, then you should just skip the variable on the script (e.g. does not write then on the insert statement), but on doing so you should modify your csv to delete the insert column(the data, if any, and the separator, usually a comma) since the number of variables are now different.
Looking at your print I suppose you are using pgadmin or some simmilar GUI, on the case of pgadmin if you click on the column and select the import\export data... option, you will open a windows where you should select "import" and then, on the upper windows menu, click on "columns" and exclude the "ID" or any other auto-increment, this slution also needs you to remove the csv column as well.
So in SSMS I can use the shortcut [ctrl + shift + M] to populate these template placeholders. Here is an example of insert into table for ssms:
In MySQL Workbench, when I send an insert statement to the sql editor (just like ssms), I see the same template placeholders but I can't figure out how to edit them as fast as ssms. Does this feature exist in MySQL Workbench? For reference, here is a screenshot of the template placeholders in MySQL workbench:
Is there a stored procedure or some SQL that I could run that would display the SQL for creating a table from an existing table? Like sp_helptext to display the contents of a function or stored procedure. Basically, is there a way to do the Script Table As->CREATE TO method?
The answer is no. If you start profiler, and run [scirpt table]>[create to] in SSMS, then you'll see a series of sp_executesql being ran on sys.* tables. This means that no CREATE TABLE commands are stored anywhere in SQL server, and SSMS assemblies CREATE statements for a table from a lot of different sources.
On the other hand, if run [script view]>[create to], you'll see a simple query from sys.all_objects, sys.sql_modules, sys.system_sql_modules, where definitions are stored.