Re: Bulk Insert / Update / Delete

From: Dennis Gearon <gearond(at)fireserve(dot)net>
To: Bruno Wolff III <bruno(at)wolff(dot)to>
Cc: Edmund Dengler <edmundd(at)eSentire(dot)com>, Philip Boonzaaier <phil(at)cks(dot)co(dot)za>, Ron Johnson <ron(dot)l(dot)johnson(at)cox(dot)net>, pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Bulk Insert / Update / Delete
Date: 2003-08-21 17:35:30
Message-ID: 3F4502E2.6020601@fireserve.net
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I take it, following this thread, is that REPLACE is not in the SQL
standard?

Bruno Wolff III wrote:

>On Thu, Aug 21, 2003 at 12:56:18 -0400,
> Edmund Dengler <edmundd(at)eSentire(dot)com> wrote:
>
>
>>Wasn't there a feature in some SQL database which was the equivalent of
>>UPDATE OR INSERT ... based on the primary key? Would this accomplish what
>>you want (I know that I have a desire for this feature a couple of times,
>>as I simply have code or triggers to essentially do the equivalent)? Is
>>this a desirable feature for Postgresql?
>>
>>
>
>I remember people asking for the equivalent of MYSQL's REPLACE command
>in previous threads.
>
>Another alternative is allowing the clients to determine what do do after an
>error so that you could try an insert first and then do an update if it
>failed without aborting your transaction.
>
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