Re: UPSERT

Ühel kenal päeval, P, 2007-03-04 kell 07:46, kirjutas Bruno Wolff III:
> On Sun, Mar 04, 2007 at 14:55:47 +0200,
>   Hannu Krosing <hannu@skype.net> wrote:
> > 
> > UPDATE
> > IF NOT FOUND THEN 
> >   INSERT
> >   IF DUPLICATE KEY THEN
> >     UPDATE
> >   END IF
> > END IF
> 
> I believe it is possible for the above to fail. For example another
> transaction could create a matching record between the update and insert
> and then another transaction could delete it between the insert and the
> second update.

Then we may do the second part as a loop and hope that eventually we hit
the right point with either INSERT or UPDATE:
UPDATEWHILE NOT FOUND THEN   INSERT  IF DUPLICATE KEY THEN    UPDATE  END IFEND WHILE

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