On Wed, Apr 04, 2007 at 11:34:22AM +0200, Tommy Gildseth wrote: > >For the record, this is what the SQL MERGE command is for... I don't > >think anyone is working on implementing that though... > > > This will possibly provide a solution to this question: > http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/plpgsql-control-structures.html#PLPGSQL-UPSERT-EXAMPLE Almost. Merge will allow you to combine the INSERT and UPDATE into a single command. It doesn't avoid the race condition though, so you still need the exception block and the loop. Have a nice day, -- Martijn van Oosterhout <kleptog@xxxxxxxxx> http://svana.org/kleptog/ > From each according to his ability. To each according to his ability to litigate.
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