It's been discussed several times in the past.
We already have something very similar - `Session#saveOrUpdate`. So what
exactly is the difference semantically? There really is none. There is,
however, a practical difference... `Session#saveOrUpdate` handling
leverages Hibernate's "unsaved valu
Hi,
A common requirement that comes up repeatedly is "upsert" operations, i.e.
either insert a record or update the existing one with the same PK, if it
already exists. Many (most?) RDBMS support it, either by implementing SQL
2003's MERGE keyword or via proprietary alternatives [1].
I think it'd
