Re: insert only if conditions are met? - Mailing list pgsql-sql

On Wed, Aug 31, 2005 at 11:09:54AM -0400, Henry Ortega wrote:
> Is there a way to insert a record only if a certain
> condition is met?
> 
> Something like:
> insert into employee values('lastname','firstname',8) where
> (condition here.. select sum(ofsomething) from xx where sum(ofsomething)>0 )

See the INSERT documentation; it mentions inserting values from a subquery.

INSERT INTO employee
SELECT 'lastname', 'firstname', 8
WHERE <condition>;

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Michael Fuhr