Re: Help with function optimisation

"Ian Cass" <ian(dot)cass(at)mblox(dot)com> writes:
> I've got a function that I run as a trigger to update a summary table on
> insert to the main table. As you can see below, it does a select & an INSERT
> if not found, or an UPDATE if found. This currently works OK, but I'd like
> to improve performance by removing the SELECT & attempting an UPDATE. If it
> fails, I'd like to INSERT instead. Can this be done?

Sure. Do the UPDATE, check how many rows updated; if none, INSERT.

Finding out how many rows were updated involves a plpgsql command
"GET DIAGNOSTICS varname = ROW_COUNT" (gotta love these Oracle-derived
syntaxes :-()

regards, tom lane