Why would the REPLACE statement not work? Simon (ps mite have missed some thing if so sorry)
-----Original Message----- From: gerald_clark [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 17 October 2003 14:08 To: Mike Knox Cc: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: Re: Check for data before inserting Mike Knox wrote: >Traditionally, I'd take the following approach > >1) Update - assume it's there >2) If update fails (0 rows) do an insert > >Thats assuming that the update case is more prevalent. If the row is >unlikely to be there - insert and do the update if you get a duplicate key. > > > You have to lock the table first, or another user might insert the record between 1 and 2. -- 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]
