On 7/23/2014 10:21 AM, Seamus Abshere wrote:
hi all,

Upsert is usually defined [1] in reference to a violating a unique key:

Insert, if unique constraint violation then update; or update, if not found then insert.

Is this theoretically preferable to just looking for a row that matches certain criteria, updating it if found or inserting otherwise?

what happens when two connections do this more or less concurrently, in transactions?



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john r pierce                                      37N 122W
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