Re: conditional insert

From: Sim Zacks <sim(at)compulab(dot)co(dot)il>
To: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: conditional insert
Date: 2011-09-05 10:28:20
Message-ID: 4E64A444.5070604@compulab.co.il
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On 09/05/2011 12:38 PM, Pau Marc Mu&ntilde;oz Torres wrote:
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cite="mid:CADFuJLjCF6fmxswgS033EFyofmbJFy+J0ToUvwTCDDLYj+nr3Q(at)mail(dot)gmail(dot)com"
type="cite">Hi follk<br>
<br>
&nbsp;i trying&nbsp; to performe a&nbsp; conditional insert into a table, indeed,
what i'm trying to do is not insert a record into the table if
that record exist<br>
<br>
googleling i found something like<br>
<br>
&nbsp;insert into XX values (1,2,3) where not exist (select ....);<br>
<br>
but i'm having and error near where...<br>
<br>
anyone knows how do i can perfome this insert?<br>
<br>
thanks<br>
<br>
p<br>
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<p>You can either do an Insert(...) select... from...where...</p>
<p>or you can add a rule to the table that checks if the key exists
and if so, do an update or nothing instead.<br>
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