On Fri, 2007-03-02 at 13:19 -0500, Tom Lane wrote:
> "Simon Riggs" <simon@2ndquadrant.com> writes:
> > Seems like we should try to locate a row first, then INSERT if we cannot
> > find one. That's slower on INSERT but more balanced overall
>
> Except it still has the race condition.
I'm not saying it didn't; but dropping in two dead copies of a tuple
isn't acceptable either.
> > I'm a bit surprised the TODO didn't mention the MERGE statement, which
> > is the SQL:2003 syntax for specifying this as an atomic statement.
>
> I believe we concluded that MERGE doesn't actually do quite what people
> want/expect. Please go back and read the archives.
Yes, it was my thread. I recall that there wasn't any acceptable answer
to how it could be done with reasonable efficiency.
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