From: | David Hartwig <daveh(at)insightdist(dot)com> |
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To: | pgsql-sql <pgsql-sql(at)postgreSQL(dot)org> |
Subject: | Plpgsql Language Feature? |
Date: | 1999-02-11 22:29:27 |
Message-ID: | 36C359C7.60932427@insightdist.com |
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In the context of a plpgsql script is a possible to access the number of
rows effected by an UPDATE or DELETE statement? It could be used to
simplify, and probably improve performance on, many scripts. I would
like to do something like:
update foo set bar = bar + new.amount where key = new.key;
if ROWS_UPDATED > 0 then
-- This would be less likely to occur
insert into foo (key, bar) values (new.key, new.bar);
end if;
Otherwise I must construct an additional SELECTstatement to see if the
row exists. Something like:
select 1 from foo where key = new.key;
if found then
update foo set bar = bar + new.amount where key = new.key;
else
insert into foo (key, bar) values (new.key, new.bar);
end if;
Might this be a worth while feature if it does not now exist?
TIA.
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