It seems Victoria didn't understand the real problem: I think that query should be stopped as soon as the table exists. But if it doesn't exist, the query should create it and insert some records. The problem is: WHY is MySQL trying to insert records while the table exists? It should only insert records after creating the table (and table will be created only when t doesn't exist already). So, in that query, will the IF condition apply for table creation only?
Thanks Emery ----- Original Message ----- From: "Victoria Reznichenko" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, September 29, 2003 11:37 Subject: Re: 'IF NOT EXISTS' ignored? > 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] > > > -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
