Re: Merge statement

On Mon, 23 Sep 2019 15:48:06 +0000 (UTC), Pepe TD Vo <pepevo(at)yahoo(dot)com>
wrote:

>Yes, I heard  MERGE is not a command in Postgres but the others said
>merge statement added stored procedures in version 11
>
>I upgraded my postgresql from 10.6 to 11.1. in AWS, still not work.
>thank you,
>Bach-Nga

You misunderstood.

Postrgesql added stored procedures in version 11.  Unlike stored
/functions/ (which PG has had forever), stored procedures allow
transactions within their code. This is similar to the stored procedures
in Oracle and it helps with Oracle -> Postgresql conversions.

However, Postgresql does NOT and never did have a MERGE command. The
"documentation" page you discovered was just a proposal for an
implementation that never happened.

Postgresql can detect conflicts on INSERT and perform an UPDATE instead
(see https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/sql-insert.html).  This is
not exactly the same as Oracle's MERGE so you'll have to study it
carefully to make you understand the nuances and be sure it works as
intended in your application ... but it is the closest you can get using
Postgresql.

George