Re: replace question...

2006-08-11 Thread Dan Buettner
Bruce, looks like you're missing join criteria, and so you're selecting a Cartesian product into your trgtTBL ... this this on for size: replace into trgtTBL (cat, dog) select t.cat, t.dog from fromTBL t, trgtTBL where trgtTBL.valid = 0 AND t.cat = trgtTBL.cat AND

replace question...

2006-08-11 Thread bruce
hi... i've got an issue that i can't figure out... i'm trying to do a replace, where i only replace information from one tbl, into the targeted tbl, if the targeted tbl 'valid' item = 0; if the tbls are: fromTBL cat dog mouse tgtTBL cat dog mouse valid data from external app (fr

Re[2]: insert/replace question...

2006-08-11 Thread Aleksandar Bradaric
Hi, > REPLACE is a special INSERT/UPDATE combination where you > dont specify a filter, it uses the primary key. If no existing record > exists, it INSERTs a new one, otherwise it UPDATEs an existing one. Just a quick note - REPLACE does not do any UPDATE. It is a combination of DELETE (if t

Re: insert/replace question...

2006-08-11 Thread Brent Baisley
t; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Friday, August 11, 2006 12:28 AM Subject: insert/replace question... hi. i have the following that works... in that it does a replace on the row. replace into appTBL (appName, universityID) values(%s,%s)... i'm trying to fig

insert/replace question...

2006-08-10 Thread bruce
hi. i have the following that works... in that it does a replace on the row. replace into appTBL (appName, universityID) values(%s,%s)... i'm trying to figure out how to do the replace on the row if a given column is not equal to a certain value.. i've tried... replac