Hassan Schroeder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Is there a problem with 'IF NOT EXISTS' in the following scenario? > > This statement creates the table as expected ... > > CREATE TEMPORARY TABLE IF NOT EXISTS > showcase ( > PRIMARY KEY (product) > ) > SELECT product FROM productList > > .. but re-running it (from the console or via page reload) results > in "ERROR 1062: Duplicate entry 'foo' for key 1" > > I expected it to simply exit silently when it finds that the table > *does* already exist. So what am I missing? :-)
"Duplicate entry" means that you already have value 'foo' in the column 'product' which is defined as primary key. -- For technical support contracts, goto https://order.mysql.com/?ref=ensita This email is sponsored by Ensita.net http://www.ensita.net/ __ ___ ___ ____ __ / |/ /_ __/ __/ __ \/ / Victoria Reznichenko / /|_/ / // /\ \/ /_/ / /__ [EMAIL PROTECTED] /_/ /_/\_, /___/\___\_\___/ MySQL AB / Ensita.net <___/ www.mysql.com -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
