Postgresql – Bulk update of all columns

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I am wondering if PostgreSQL has an update query somewhat like their insert values syntax.

I have an updated set of data in this form currently:

INSERT INTO bought_in_control_panel(ID,PARENT_ID,BOUGHT_IN_FORM_TYPE_ID,PRIORITY,NAME,HEADING,DESCRIPTION,ICON,BOUGHT_IN_CONTROL_PANEL_FILE_ID)
VALUES(109,1,28,100,'Tooling','Tooling','Enter your Machine Tools here','tooling.png',null);

and I want to update the rows that are there already to the new data, I'm looking for something like the following where I can update all rows without repeating myself:

UPDATE ON ID
bought_in_control_panel(ID,PARENT_ID,BOUGHT_IN_FORM_TYPE_ID,PRIORITY,NAME,HEADING,DESCRIPTION,ICON,BOUGHT_IN_CONTROL_PANEL_FILE_ID) 
VALUES(
        (109,1,28,100,'Tooling','Tooling','Enter your Machine Tools here','tooling.png',null), 
        (1,0,1,200,'Bought In','Bought In','','boughtin.png',null)
);

The above would check for matching ID values, and update the matches with the new data.

Note: I am really looking to avoid manually mapping all the column names. PostgreSQL already knows my columns, and I've already mapped them on the data. Why do that again in a longer format?

Best Answer

If you only want to update data, I'm not sure what the INSERT statement is for in your question.

If you just want to update several rows with a single statement, you might be looking for this:

with update_values (ID,PARENT_ID,BOUGHT_IN_FORM_TYPE_ID,PRIORITY,NAME,HEADING,DESCRIPTION,ICON,BOUGHT_IN_CONTROL_PANEL_FILE_ID) as 
(
  VALUES
     (109,1,28,100,'Tooling','Tooling','Enter your Machine Tools here','tooling.png',null), 
     (1,0,1,200,'Bought In','Bought In','','boughtin.png',null)
)
update bought_in_control_panel
   set parent_id = ud.parent_id, 
       bought_in_form_type_id = ud.bought_in_form_type_id,
       ....
from update_values ud
where ud.id = bought_in_control_panel.id;
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