Check before insert

From: SG Edwards <s0460205(at)sms(dot)ed(dot)ac(dot)uk>
To: pgsql-interfaces(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Check before insert
Date: 2005-03-15 21:07:43
Message-ID: 1110920863.42374e9f75aa1@sms.ed.ac.uk
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Hi,

I have a table as follows:

protein_id | name
___________ ______

P04667 Albumin
P45366 Lactoglobulin
....
etc

I have a perl script that will insert data into this table from a file
containing a list of protein_id and names. However, I only want to insert
proteins where they are not already present in the database. Is there a way to
do this using an SQL command?

Thanks

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