Re: Insert only if not found - Mailing list pgsql-sql

From A. Kretschmer
Subject Re: Insert only if not found
Date
Msg-id 20070405100555.GG24814@a-kretschmer.de
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In response to Re: Insert only if not found  ("Shavonne Marietta Wijesinghe" <shavonne.marietta@studioform.it>)
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am  Thu, dem 05.04.2007, um 11:47:35 +0200 mailte Shavonne Marietta Wijesinghe folgendes:
> I think i spoke to soon. It works. But if i change a letter from capital to 
> simple it inserts my record 2 times. So i have 2 records for "Shavonne" and 
> "shavonne". So i thought i would do the select in uppercase.
> 
> INSERT INTO MOD48_02 (ID, TE_INDI, TE_COGNOME, TE_NOME, TE_SESSO, 
> TE_ATTNASC, TE_LUONASC, TE_DTNASC, TE_PROVSTATO, TE_PROV, TE_PATERNITA, 
> TE_RICHIESTA, USERNAME, DATE_INSERTED, TIME_INSERTED) SELECT 
> '127001200745114035', '', 'chan', 'micia', 'F', '', '', '01/05/2006', '', 
> '', '', '', 'demo', '05/04/2007', '11.40.35' WHERE NOT EXISTS (SELECT 
> upper(TE_COGNOME), upper(TE_NOME), upper(TE_SESSO), TE_DTNASC FROM MOD48_02 
> WHERE TE_COGNOME='CHAN' AND TE_NOME='MICIA' AND TE_SESSO='F' AND 
> TE_DTNASC='01/05/2006');
> 
> 
> but this doesn't work. I don't know why. If i try only the part

You have an error ;-)

Compare the strings in ther WHERE-clause. An example:

test=# create table no_dupes (id int, name text);
CREATE TABLE
test=*# commit;
COMMIT
test=# insert into no_dupes select 1, 'Andreas' where not exists (select id, lower(name) from no_dupes where id=1 and
lower(name)=lower('Andreas'));
INSERT 0 1
test=*# insert into no_dupes select 1, 'Andreas' where not exists (select id, lower(name) from no_dupes where id=1 and
lower(name)=lower('Andreas'));
INSERT 0 0
test=*# select * from no_dupes ;id |  name
----+--------- 1 | Andreas
(1 row)

test=*# insert into no_dupes select 1, 'Andreas' where not exists (select id, name from no_dupes where id=1 and
lower(name)=lower('Andreas'));
INSERT 0 0
test=*# select * from no_dupes ;id |  name
----+--------- 1 | Andreas
(1 row)

test=*#



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