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From Jonah H. Harris
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In response to INSERT OU UPDATE WITHOUT SELECT?  (Waldomiro <waldomiro@shx.com.br>)
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On 5/30/06, Waldomiro <waldomiro@shx.com.br> wrote:
>  Is there a command to Insert a record If It does not exists and a update if
> It exists?

Sure, it's called MERGE.  See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merge_%28SQL%29

>  I mean the postgres should test if a record exist before insert and if It
> exist then the postgres must do an update instead an insert.

PostgreSQL does not support MERGE at the moment, sorry.

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