by writing a Function ?
Regards
Phil
- Original Message -
From: Jason Godden [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Philip Boonzaaier [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2003 10:07 AM
Subject: Re: [GENERAL] Bulk Insert / Update / Delete
Hi Philip,
See:
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, August 19, 2003 6:45 PM
Subject: Re: [GENERAL] Bulk Insert / Update / Delete
On Tue, 2003-08-19 at 22:03, Philip Boonzaaier wrote:
Hi Jason
Thanks for your prompt response.
I'm pretty new to SQL, so please excuse the following rather stupid
question
:
How do I use the (NOT) EXISTS
On Thu, Aug 21, 2003 at 12:56:18 -0400,
Edmund Dengler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Wasn't there a feature in some SQL database which was the equivalent of
UPDATE OR INSERT ... based on the primary key? Would this accomplish what
you want (I know that I have a desire for this feature a couple of
I want to be able to generate SQL statements that will go through a list of
data, effectively row by row, enquire on the database if this exists in the
selected table- If it exists, then the colums must be UPDATED, if not, they
must be INSERTED.
Logically then, I would like to SELECT * FROM TABLE
Hi Philip,
Pg is more ansi compliant than most (GoodThing (TM)). You can use the 'when'
conditional but not to do what you need. If I understand you correclty you
should be able to acheive the same result using two seperate queries and the
(NOT) EXISTS or (NOT) IN clause. Failing that have
Philip Boonzaaier [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I want to be able to generate SQL statements that will go through a list of
data, effectively row by row, enquire on the database if this exists in the
selected table- If it exists, then the colums must be UPDATED, if not, they
must be INSERTED.
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On Tuesday 19 August 2003 20:54, Doug McNaught wrote:
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