Hey Ivan

On Tue, May 14, 2013 at 8:44 PM, Ivan Mikhailov
<[email protected]> wrote:
> Hello Vishesh,
>
> The query says:
>
> For every triple <resA> nao:lastModified ?mod found in database (if
> any),
>
> prepare future removal of <resA> nao:lastModified ?mod
> and
> prepare insertion of <resA> nao:lastModified
> "2012-01-29T16:29:11Z"^^xsd:dateTime .
>
> When all (if any) operations are prepared, perform the actual edition of
> the database.
>
> No <resA> nao:lastModified ?mod at the very beginning --- no
> manipulations prepared --- no effect.
>
> The solution is to make separate DELETE and then an unconditional
> INSERT.

Thanks for the detailed explanation. I was hoping to optimize it by
not having to call a separate delete and insert operation.

It would be nice to have something like an 'update or insert' like one
has in SQL.

>
> Best Regards,
>
> Ivan Mikhailov
> OpenLink Software
> http://virtuoso.openlinksw.com
>
> On Tue, 2013-05-14 at 15:27 +0530, Vishesh Handa wrote:
>> Hey guys
>>
>> I've been trying to update some statements in a graph, and I have been
>> using the following query -
>>
>> WITH <nepomuk:/ctx/graph>
>> DELETE { <resA> nao:lastModified ?mod . }
>> INSERT { <resA> nao:lastModified "2012-01-29T16:29:11Z"^^xsd:dateTime . }
>> WHERE { <resA> nao:lastModified ?mod . }
>>
>> This works fine in the case when the <resA> nao:lastModified ?m triple
>> already exists, but it does not insert the new statement if that
>> triple does not exist.
>>
>> I was checking the SPARQL 1.1 Update Standard [1], and I found the
>> following text -
>>
>> "Deleting triples that are not present, or from a graph that is not
>> present will have no effect and will result in success."
>>
>> So in the case when the triple is not present the delete operation
>> should result in a success and the insert operation should be carried
>> out. But that does not seem to be the case.
>>
>> Could someone please confirm if this is just a bug or is that the
>> intended behaviour?
>>
>> [1] http://www.w3.org/TR/2012/PR-sparql11-update-20121108/#deleteInsert
>>
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