* Jeff Kowalczyk (jtk@yahoo.com) wrote:
> Is there a postgresql SQL idiom to perform an UPDATE, which becomes an
> INSERT if the primary key does not exist?
>
> I'm not sure I *should* use it in my application, I just want to know if
> it can be done. Thanks.
Unfortunately, I don't believe there's one in PostgreSQL yet. MERGE is
similar to this, and is defined in the latest SQL spec. Hopefully it'll
be implemented in PostgreSQL sometime soon.
Stephen