Re: insert/update

On 26/05/2004 11:54 Tom Allison wrote:
> I seemed to remember being able to do this but I can't find the docs.
>
> Can I run a sql query to insert new or update existing rows in one query?
>
> Otherwise I have to run a select query to see if it's there and then
> another one to update/insert.
>
> What I'm trying to do is create a counter for each key, insert a value
> of 1 or increment the value by 1 and then set another specific row
> (where key = $key) to always increment by 1.
>
> And the more I type, the more this sounds like the answer is going to be
> part function, part trigger....  Maybe I should post to 'novice' for a
> while!  ;)

Use a sequence.

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