On Sun, Mar 04, 2007 at 02:55:47PM +0200, Hannu Krosing wrote:
> Is'nt the standard way of doing it thus:
>
> UPDATE
> IF NOT FOUND THEN
> INSERT
> IF DUPLICATE KEY THEN
> UPDATE
> END IF
> END IF
>
> At least this is how UPSERT is usually done in plpgsql
Well, you need to loop, because that last UPDATE can get a not-found
again, so you have to keep trying both until they work.
I think MERGE would still be cool, because then it's only one command
that has to be repeated, rather than two.
Have a nice day,
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