Multiple statement transactions

Now let's use multiple statements in a transaction to set a flag in FIELD48 based on if it holds US state government assets represented in RCON2203, foreign assets represented in RCON2236, or both.

The values for FIELD48 should be 'US-STATE-GOV', 'FOREIGN', or 'BOTH' respectively. Flag fields like this are common in government data sets, and are great for categorizing records.

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Transactions and Error Handling in PostgreSQL

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Exercise instructions

Begin a transaction.
Build 3 update statements to detect each condition in the column and set the FIELD48 flag to the proper value.
End the transaction.
Select a count of records where the flag is set to 'BOTH'.

Hands-on interactive exercise

Have a go at this exercise by completing this sample code.

-- Begin a new transaction
___;

-- Update FIELD48 flag status if US State Government deposits are held
UPDATE ffiec_reci
SET ___ = 'US-STATE-GOV'
WHERE RCON2203 > 0;

-- Update FIELD48 flag status if Foreign deposits are held
UPDATE ffiec_reci
SET ___ = 'FOREIGN'
WHERE RCON2236 > 0;

-- Update FIELD48 flag status if US State Government and Foreign deposits are held
UPDATE ffiec_reci
SET ___ = 'BOTH'
WHERE RCON2203 > 0
AND RCON2236 > 0;

-- Commit the transaction
___;

-- Select a count of records where FIELD48 is now BOTH
SELECT COUNT(FIELD48)
FROM ffiec_reci
WHERE ___ = '___';

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