Re: INSERT and ON CONFLICT

I believe the following test should answer your question.

db=# create table test ( a integer not null unique );
CREATE TABLE

db=# insert into test values (1);
INSERT 0 1

db=# insert into test values (1);
ERROR: duplicate key value violates unique constraint "test_a_key"
DETAIL: Key (a)=(1) already exists.

db=# insert into test values (1) on conflict do nothing;
INSERT 0 0

On Fri, Mar 10, 2017 at 12:35 PM, Rich Shepard <rshepard(at)appl-ecosys(dot)com> wrote:
> I'm filling a table with rows and have the first batch successfully
> inserted. When I add more rows there may be some that already exist in the
> table and I would prefer that they be ignored and the insert process
> continue.
>
> The syntax page for INSERT suggests that ON CONFLICT DO NOTHING is exactly
> what I want to include in the command. Have I correctly interpreted what the
> DO NOTHING option does when a row to be inserted already is present in the
> table?
>
> Rich
>
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