是的，你可以:

UPDATE foobar SET column_a = CASE
   WHEN column_b = '123' THEN 1
   WHEN column_b = '345' THEN 2
END
WHERE column_b IN ('123','345')

并工作证明:http://sqlfiddle.com/#!2/97c7ea / 1

你也可以使用update…从语法和使用映射表。如果你想要更新多个列，它是更一般化的:

update test as t set
    column_a = c.column_a
from (values
    ('123', 1),
    ('345', 2)  
) as c(column_b, column_a) 
where c.column_b = t.column_b;

你可以添加任意多的列:

update test as t set
    column_a = c.column_a,
    column_c = c.column_c
from (values
    ('123', 1, '---'),
    ('345', 2, '+++')  
) as c(column_b, column_a, column_c) 
where c.column_b = t.column_b;

SQL演示

除了其他答案、注释和文档之外，数据类型转换还可以放在使用上。这允许更容易的复制粘贴:

update test as t set
    column_a = c.column_a::number
from (values
    ('123', 1),
    ('345', 2)  
) as c(column_b, column_a) 
where t.column_b = c.column_b::text;

我认为公认的答案并不完全正确。它是顺序相关的。下面是一个用答案的方法不能正确工作的例子。

create table xxx (
    id varchar(64),
    is_enabled boolean
);

insert into xxx (id, is_enabled) values ('1',true);
insert into xxx (id, is_enabled) values ('2',true);
insert into xxx (id, is_enabled) values ('3',true);

UPDATE public.xxx AS pns
        SET is_enabled         = u.is_enabled
            FROM (
            VALUES
         (
            '3',
            false
         ,
            '1',
            true
         ,
            '2',
            false
         )
        ) AS u(id, is_enabled)
            WHERE u.id = pns.id;

select * from xxx;

所以问题仍然存在，有没有一种独立于顺序的方法?

----在尝试了一些事情后，这似乎是独立的秩序

UPDATE public.xxx AS pns
        SET is_enabled         = u.is_enabled
            FROM (
            SELECT '3' as id, false as is_enabled UNION
            SELECT '1' as id, true as is_enabled UNION
            SELECT '2' as id, false as is_enabled
         ) as u
            WHERE u.id = pns.id;

根据@Roman的解决方案，可以设置多个值:

update users as u set -- postgres FTW
  email = u2.email,
  first_name = u2.first_name,
  last_name = u2.last_name
from (values
  (1, 'hollis@weimann.biz', 'Hollis', 'Connell'),
  (2, 'robert@duncan.info', 'Robert', 'Duncan')
) as u2(id, email, first_name, last_name)
where u2.id = u.id;

@zero323提供的答案在Postgre 12上很有效。如果有人对column_b有多个值(在OP的问题中引用)

UPDATE conupdate SET orientation_status = CASE
   when id in (66934, 39) then 66
   when id in (66938, 49) then 77
END
WHERE id IN (66934, 39, 66938, 49)

在上面的查询中，id类似于column_b;Orientation_status类似于问题的column_a。