Re: [SQL] Help with optional parameters

2006-09-21 Thread MaXX
Curtis Scheer wrote: > I noticed this one by searching in the archives, as I am working with some > "optional" parameters myself and noticed your solution. I just wanted to > make one improvement suggestion which is instead of checking whether or not > a parameter has been used simply start yo

Re: [SQL] Help with optional parameters

2006-09-21 Thread Curtis Scheer
I noticed this one by searching in the archives, as I am working with some “optional” parameters myself and noticed your solution. I just wanted to make one improvement suggestion which is instead of checking whether or not a parameter has been used simply start your query like so   Quer

Re: [SQL] unique rows

2006-09-21 Thread Markus Schaber
Hi, TJ, TJ O'Donnell wrote: > So, is there a way (a constraint, a check?) that will simply > REJECT a duplicate when I insert the raw data directly into x > rather than FAILING on an error as it does > with the unique constraint above? Failing on an error is exactly the way PostgreSQL (and the S

Re: [SQL] unique rows

2006-09-21 Thread Kaloyan Iliev
HI, 1. You can try to create a trigger before insert to check if the new row exists in the table and if it does to cancel the insert. 2. Or create a UNIQUE INDEX on all the columns which will throw error if you try to insert duplicate rows in the table. Then in the apllication software just cat