From: | Martijn van Oosterhout <kleptog(at)svana(dot)org> |
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To: | Chris Dumoulin <chris(at)blaze(dot)io> |
Cc: | pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org |
Subject: | Re: select where not exists returning multiple rows? |
Date: | 2011-11-02 13:13:42 |
Message-ID: | 20111102131342.GA4968@svana.org |
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On Wed, Nov 02, 2011 at 07:22:09AM -0400, Chris Dumoulin wrote:
> And we're doing an insert like this:
> INSERT INTO Item (Sig, Type, Data) SELECT $1,$2,$3 WHERE NOT EXISTS
> ( SELECT NULL FROM Item WHERE Sig=$4)
>
> In this case $1 and $4 should always be the same.
FWIW, If they're always going to be the same, you can put that it the query,
like so:
INSERT INTO Item (Sig, Type, Data) SELECT $1,$2,$3 WHERE NOT EXISTS
( SELECT NULL FROM Item WHERE Sig=$1)
Saves a parameter.
> I don't see how it's possible to get duplicate rows here, unless
> maybe the "select where not exists" is somehow returning multiple
> rows.
> Any ideas what's going on here?
As pointed out by others, you don't say if it this is a race condition
between processes or if it always does this.
Have a nice day,
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Martijn van Oosterhout <kleptog(at)svana(dot)org> http://svana.org/kleptog/
> He who writes carelessly confesses thereby at the very outset that he does
> not attach much importance to his own thoughts.
-- Arthur Schopenhauer
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