Re: Insert data if it is not existing - Mailing list pgsql-general

On 05/23/2018 06:03 PM, tango ward wrote:

Updated my code to this:

curr.pgsql.execute('''
INSERT INTO my_table(name, age)
SELECT %s, %s
WHERE NOT EXISTS(SELECT name FROM my_table WHERE name= name)
''', ('Scott', 23))

If I remove SELECT statement, I will get an error message: error : psycopg2.ProgrammingError: syntax error at or near "WHERE"
LINE 12:                         WHERE NOT EXISTS

Trying to coordinate with Lead Dev about adding Index On The Fly

I tried to figure how to make this work and could not, so I led you down a false path.

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Adrian Klaver
adrian.klaver@aklaver.com