Guys, > I understand you well... what i was trying to say is that i prefer > MERGE (standard SQL command) to be done because the functionally it > has (basically a merge of two tables) seems to me to be more usefull > than REPLACE (MySql Command)...
But even REPLACE requires predicate locking. There's no real way to get around it. --Josh -- --Josh Josh Berkus Aglio Database Solutions San Francisco ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 9: In versions below 8.0, the planner will ignore your desire to choose an index scan if your joining column's datatypes do not match