Thanks for the response, you are right I would get an Exception describing that the record already exists, but because I do not know which DBMS is being used (one of Oracle, MS SQL and mySQL), I can not discern if it was a 'real' error or just the fact that the record already exists.
marc -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: Rick Emery [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Gesendet: Mittwoch, 14. November 2001 19:46 An: Votteler Marc; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Betreff: RE: INSERT with SELECT on same table > If one of the table's fields is defined as UNIQUE or PRIMARY KEY, it will > allow the insertion only once with that key. When a second attempt is made > to insert the record with the same key, the insertion will be ignored and > you may ignore the error code that results. > Would that work for you? --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php
