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From: Jonah H. Harris <jonah.harris@gmail.com>
To: Waldomiro <waldomiro@shx.com.br>
Cc: pgsql-performance@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: INSERT OU UPDATE WITHOUT SELECT?
Date: Tue, 30 May 2006 17:05:17 -0400
Message-ID: <36e682920605301405u4d665fcftbe0a97b5753f5209@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <447C8F1D.8090404@shx.com.br>
References: <447C8F1D.8090404@shx.com.br>

On 5/30/06, Waldomiro <waldomiro@shx.com.br> wrote:
>  Is there a command to Insert a record If It does not exists and a update if
> It exists?

Sure, it's called MERGE.  See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merge_%28SQL%29

>  I mean the postgres should test if a record exist before insert and if It
> exist then the postgres must do an update instead an insert.

PostgreSQL does not support MERGE at the moment, sorry.

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