Re: REPLACE or UPDATE/INSERT ?

2001-09-03 Thread Heikki Tuuri
Stephan, REPLACE is logically handled as a DELETE + INSERT, but internally it is often handled as an UPDATE. Probably REPLACE is faster than UPDATE / INSERT, because you save some communications overhead between the client and the server. Regards, Heikki >On Mon, Aug 20, 2001 at 11:00:59AM +02

Re: REPLACE or UPDATE/INSERT ?

2001-09-03 Thread Jeremy Zawodny
On Mon, Sep 03, 2001 at 12:50:39PM +0200, Stephan wrote: > > >> My problem with the REPLACE is that the documentation says that a > >> REPLACE always does an DELETE and then an INSERT. In my case a lot > >> of rows (99%) would be deleted in the index that only need an > >> update. Is it a good

Re: REPLACE or UPDATE/INSERT ?

2001-09-03 Thread Stephan
Hi Mysql, E-Mail vom Montag, 3. September 2001, 12:14:42: Hi Jeremy, E-Mail vom Montag, 3. September 2001, 11:52:55: >> My problem with the REPLACE is that the documentation says that a >> REPLACE always does an DELETE and then an INSERT. In my case a lot >> of rows (99%) would be deleted in

Re: REPLACE or UPDATE/INSERT ?

2001-09-03 Thread Jeremy Zawodny
On Mon, Aug 20, 2001 at 11:00:59AM +0200, Stephan wrote: > Hi all, > > my situation: > > I generate 300 rows at a time - they should be stored in the a mysql > table. > > 99 % of the keys of these rows already exist in the table, so these > rows need an update. The remaining 1 % have to be ins

REPLACE or UPDATE/INSERT ?

2001-08-20 Thread Stephan
Hi all, my situation: I generate 300 rows at a time - they should be stored in the a mysql table. 99 % of the keys of these rows already exist in the table, so these rows need an update. The remaining 1 % have to be inserted in the table. I was wondering if it is a good idea to to this with 30