| From: | Adrian Klaver <adrian(dot)klaver(at)aklaver(dot)com> |
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| To: | tango ward <tangoward15(at)gmail(dot)com> |
| Cc: | "David G(dot) Johnston" <david(dot)g(dot)johnston(at)gmail(dot)com>, "pgsql-generallists(dot)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-general(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: Insert data if it is not existing |
| Date: | 2018-05-24 13:38:57 |
| Message-ID: | 6f46b2b5-c69a-fa85-a66b-8ff318a82aa1@aklaver.com |
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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(dot)klaver(at)aklaver(dot)com
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