On Thu, May 24, 2018 at 9:38 PM, Adrian Klaver <adrian.kla...@aklaver.com>
wrote:

> On 05/23/2018 06:03 PM, tango ward wrote:
>
>>
>>
> Updated my code to this:
>>
>> curr.pgsql.execute('''
>> INSERT INTO my_table(name, age)
>> SELECT %s, %s
>> WHERE NOT EXISTS(SELECT name FROM my_table WHERE name= name)
>> ''', ('Scott', 23))
>>
>> If I remove SELECT statement, I will get an error message: error :
>> psycopg2.ProgrammingError: syntax error at or near "WHERE"
>> LINE 12:                         WHERE NOT EXISTS
>>
>> Trying to coordinate with Lead Dev about adding Index On The Fly
>>
>
> I tried to figure how to make this work and could not, so I led you down a
> false path.
>
>
>>
>>
>>
>
> --
> Adrian Klaver
> adrian.kla...@aklaver.com
>

What I tried is

'''INSERT INTO my_table(name, age)
SELECT %s, %s,
WHERE NOT EXISTS(SELECT name FROM my_table WHERE name=%s)''', ('Scott', 23,
'Scott'))

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