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From: Andrew Sullivan <ajs@crankycanuck.ca>
To: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: transaction
Date: Wed, 21 Apr 2004 06:13:27 -0400
Message-ID: <20040421101327.GA31729@phlogiston.dyndns.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <KIEBKBGIGGNDKKJJNKCFOELJCJAA.hjs@worldonline.nl>
References: <KIEBKBGIGGNDKKJJNKCFOELJCJAA.hjs@worldonline.nl>

On Tue, Apr 20, 2004 at 09:14:48PM +0200, H.J. Sanders wrote:
> 
> - BEGIN WORK
> 
> - INSERT ROW
> 
> - IF FAILED THEN UPDATE ROW
> 
> - COMMIT WORK

You can do it the other way.  Begin, update; if 0 rows are updated
then insert.

A
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Andrew Sullivan  | ajs@crankycanuck.ca



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