| From: | Peter Geoghegan <pg(at)heroku(dot)com> |
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| To: | Gavin Flower <GavinFlower(at)archidevsys(dot)co(dot)nz> |
| Cc: | Simon Riggs <simon(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, Pg Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>, Craig Ringer <craig(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com> |
| Subject: | Re: INSERT ... ON CONFLICT {UPDATE | IGNORE} |
| Date: | 2014-09-29 01:20:54 |
| Message-ID: | CAM3SWZRhRRgzh717Q+6a7QaeKRLqEc405S3NgJetu0RU-F4fdg@mail.gmail.com |
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On Sun, Sep 28, 2014 at 6:15 PM, Gavin Flower
<GavinFlower(at)archidevsys(dot)co(dot)nz> wrote:
>> What I have a problem with is using the MERGE syntax to match people's
>> preexisting confused ideas about what MERGE does. If we do that, it'll
>> definitely bite us when we go to make what we'd be calling MERGE do
>> what MERGE is actually supposed to do. I favor clearly explaining
>> that.
>>
> Opinionated I may be, but I wanted stay well clear of the syntax minefield
> in this area - as I still have at least a vestigial instinct for self
> preservation! :-)
To be clear: I don't think Simon is confused about this at all, which
is why I'm surprised that he suggested it.
--
Peter Geoghegan
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