Received: from localhost (maia-5.hub.org [200.46.204.182]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 86CAA9FBC89 for ; Thu, 5 Apr 2007 06:24:06 -0300 (ADT) Received: from postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (mx1.hub.org [200.46.204.182]) (amavisd-maia, port 10024) with ESMTP id 77279-05 for ; Thu, 5 Apr 2007 06:23:58 -0300 (ADT) X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey-1.7.4 Received: from smtpout13.attiva.biz (smtpout13.attiva.biz [85.37.16.15]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 424079FBC50 for ; Thu, 5 Apr 2007 06:24:01 -0300 (ADT) Received: from FBCMFE02B08.fbc.local ([192.168.30.96]) by smtpout13.attiva.biz with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.1830); Thu, 5 Apr 2007 11:23:52 +0200 Received: from dream ([88.34.161.130]) by FBCMFE02B08.fbc.local with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.1830); Thu, 5 Apr 2007 11:23:43 +0200 Message-ID: <007601c77764$2b2a0ec0$1102a8c0@dream> Reply-To: "Shavonne Marietta Wijesinghe" From: "Shavonne Marietta Wijesinghe" To: References: <005b01c7775d$c4fa4b70$1102a8c0@dream> <20070405085343.GF24814@a-kretschmer.de> Subject: Re: Insert only if not found Date: Thu, 5 Apr 2007 11:24:07 +0200 Organization: Studio FORM MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.3028 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.3028 X-OriginalArrivalTime: 05 Apr 2007 09:23:43.0216 (UTC) FILETIME=[1AB9AF00:01C77764] X-Virus-Scanned: Maia Mailguard 1.0.1 X-Archive-Number: 200704/70 X-Sequence-Number: 28070 wow thanks. i managed to paste it to fit my code.. yeahhhh ^____^ Shavonne Wijesinghe www.studioform.it ----- Original Message ----- From: "A. Kretschmer" To: Sent: Thursday, April 05, 2007 10:53 AM Subject: Re: [SQL] Insert only if not found > am Thu, dem 05.04.2007, um 10:38:21 +0200 mailte Shavonne Marietta > Wijesinghe folgendes: >> Hello everyone.. >> >> Here is the result of my Insert. and also the insert works ok. >> >> INSERT INTO MOD48_02 (ID, TE_INDI, TE_COGNOME, TE_NOME, TE_SESSO, >> TE_ATTNASC, >> TE_LUONASC, TE_DTNASC, TE_PROVSTATO, TE_PROV, TE_PATERNITA, TE_RICHIESTA, >> USERNAME, DATE_INSERTED, TIME_INSERTED) VALUES ('127001200745101033', >> 'england', 'bloom', 'orlando', 'M', 'ww', 'florida', '05/06/1984', >> 'america', >> 'UK', 'xx', 'no', 'demo', '05/04/2007', '10.10.33'); >> But before i insert this record i want to check if the it hasn't been >> inserted >> before. I want to use the following fields as the riefferent. TE_COGNOME, >> TE_NOME, TE_SESSO, TE_DTNASC >> >> And if there is no record to match those 4 fields i want to insert it >> else just >> a message saying that the record has been inserted b4. >> >> any idea to start with? > > Yes, read this: > http://ads.wars-nicht.de/blog/archives/11-Avoid-Unique-Key-violation.html > > > I think, you can change this for your request. > (but without the message, if you really need this message, you should use > a function and RAISE a NOTICE as the message) > > > Andreas > -- > Andreas Kretschmer > Kontakt: Heynitz: 035242/47150, D1: 0160/7141639 (mehr: -> Header) > GnuPG-ID: 0x3FFF606C, privat 0x7F4584DA http://wwwkeys.de.pgp.net > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 1: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate > subscribe-nomail command to majordomo@postgresql.org so that your > message can get through to the mailing list cleanly