i have following error when use order by clause with postgres database

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i have following error when i m using orderby clause with postgres database

here is my query
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Update Delhi set  assignedtouserid='L567' where flag=0 ORDER BY locality DESC limit 100

Posted 11-Aug-14 21:23pm

Updated 11-Aug-14 21:32pm

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StM0n 12-Aug-14 3:31am

Sorry, but it seems, that you forgot your error message.

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Bernhard Hiller · Answer 1 · 2014-08-11T21:32:00

What do you expect the ORDER BY ... DESC and LIMIT clauses to do in an UPDATE query?
Remove them. They are for SELECT queries only.

Posted 11-Aug-14 21:32pm

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OriginalGriff 12-Aug-14 3:34am

You have to wonder... :thumbsup:

Ashi0891 12-Aug-14 13:45pm

True that.