What I do when I'm feeling lazy is execute a delete statement and then
an insert. I only do it when I'm inserting/updating a very small number
of rows, so I've never worried if its optimal for performance. Besides
I've heard that an update in postgres is similar in performance to a
delete/insert.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: pgsql-performance-owner@postgresql.org
> [mailto:pgsql-performance-owner@postgresql.org] On Behalf Of PFC
> Sent: Tuesday, May 30, 2006 5:35 PM
> To: Jonah H. Harris; Waldomiro
> Cc: pgsql-performance@postgresql.org
> Subject: Re: [PERFORM] INSERT OU UPDATE WITHOUT SELECT?
>
>
> > PostgreSQL does not support MERGE at the moment, sorry.
>
> Issue an UPDATE, and watch the rowcount ; if the
> rowcount is 0, issue an
> INSERT.
> Be prepared to retry if another transaction has
> inserted the row
> meanwhile, though.
>
> MERGE would be really useful.
>
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