Re: INSERT OU UPDATE WITHOUT SELECT?

From: "Jonah H(dot) Harris" <jonah(dot)harris(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Waldomiro <waldomiro(at)shx(dot)com(dot)br>
Cc: pgsql-performance(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: INSERT OU UPDATE WITHOUT SELECT?
Date: 2006-05-30 21:05:17
Message-ID: 36e682920605301405u4d665fcftbe0a97b5753f5209@mail.gmail.com
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On 5/30/06, Waldomiro <waldomiro(at)shx(dot)com(dot)br> wrote:
> Is there a command to Insert a record If It does not exists and a update if
> It exists?

Sure, it's called MERGE. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merge_%28SQL%29

> I mean the postgres should test if a record exist before insert and if It
> exist then the postgres must do an update instead an insert.

PostgreSQL does not support MERGE at the moment, sorry.

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