Re: problem with on conflict / do update using psql 14.4

From: Barry Kimelman <blkimelman(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: pgsql-general(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: problem with on conflict / do update using psql 14.4
Date: 2022-09-24 16:04:14
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On Sat, Sep 24, 2022 at 10:56 AM Christophe Pettus <xof(at)thebuild(dot)com> wrote:

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>
> > On Sep 24, 2022, at 08:49, Barry Kimelman <blkimelman(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
> > I thought the whole point of ON CONFLICT DO UPDATE was so that you could
> modify the data so that it would be inserted
>
> ON CONFLICT DO UPDATE allows you to modify the existing row that
> conflicted with the row being inserted, but it won't allow you to do change
> a row to resolve a conflict, and then insert it.

Unfortunately, that is exactly what I need to do, I need to modify the data
on the 2nd request so that it also gets inserted.
This is a business requirement. I need to insert all of the data, including
the ones with conflicts

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