Re: Copy Data Question

[<operationsengineer1(at)yahoo(dot)com>]

> > how can i add *only* nonexisting entries to my db
> > tables (iow, if it is one of the 100+ there now, i
> > don't want to mess with it)?
> 
> I will take a stab at the easy question. Out of test
> solutions, this is the one that I know.
> 
> 1. create a temp table using destination table
> schema using the LIKE clause.
>
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.1/interactive/sql-createtable.html
> 
> 2. import external data into the temp table.
> 
> 3. select into destinationtable from temptable where
> temptable.primarykey not exists
> ( select destinationtable.primarykey
>    from destination table
> );  

Richard, thanks.  in my case, the primary key isn't
relevant, however, the product_number is (it is
unique).  iiuc, in my case i should use product_number
instead of primarykey.

it makes sense - thanks for the enlightenment.

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