Re: INSERT OR UPDATE? - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Csaba Nagy
Subject Re: INSERT OR UPDATE?
Date
Msg-id 1128945752.2995.24.camel@coppola.muc.ecircle.de
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In response to Re: INSERT OR UPDATE?  (Lincoln Yeoh <lyeoh@pop.jaring.my>)
Responses Re: INSERT OR UPDATE?  ("Jim C. Nasby" <jnasby@pervasive.com>)
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On Mon, 2005-10-10 at 13:34, Lincoln Yeoh wrote:
[snip]
> It's actually quite surprising how many people get this wrong and don't
> realize it (I wonder how many problems are because of this). The SQL spec
> should have had a PUT/MERGE decades ago. The insert vs update format being
> different is also annoying, oh well.

Referring to the above, is there any plan to implement such commands in
postgres ? I don't know if it is standard SQL, but some other RDBMSes
have such command, and they are actually useful.

>
> Regards,
> Link.
[snip]

Cheers,
Csaba.



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