Unless I am mistaken on REPLACE's use, I don't think that will work. The
example I have in the O'Reilly MySql book that I have shows this.
REPLACE(string, old, new)
Returns a string that has all occurances of the substring old replaced with
new(e.g., REPLACE('black jack', 'ack', 'oke') returns "bloke joke").
I will explain what I am wanting to do.
I have a database that stores information about computers, and the
identifier is the ethernet address. I have a script that pulls the data from
a text file, and I want it so that if the ethernet address does not exist,
then it will insert the information into all columns. os_version,
ip_address, etc. If the ethernet address is not present, then it will update
the information in the fields.
I think I have to do a SELECT * from hardware_assets where ethernet_address
= $ethernet_address and then if there is a match, that row is updated, if
there is no match, then the data is inserted into a new row.
Mike
> From: Brent Baisley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2003 14:29:21 -0400
> To: Mike Tuller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Cc: MySql List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Re: Check for data before inserting
>
> It sound like you want to use REPLACE instead of the SELECT and
> INSERT/UPDATE combo. Replace will insert if the record doesn't exist
> and update if it does.
>
>
> On Thursday, October 16, 2003, at 01:27 PM, Mike Tuller wrote:
>
>> I have a shell script that I have data entered into a database, and
>> instead
>> of just entering in the data blindly, I want it to check to see if the
>> item
>> it is entering exists already, and if it does, update the information
>> rather
>> than inserting it. So I want to run a select statement, and if results
>> come
>> back, have the data updated, and if not have it inserted.
>>
>> I know how to do this in PHP with $query_total_rows. Is there some way
>> in
>> SQL to do this, or do I need to figure out a way to do it in the shell
>> script?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Mike
>>
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