RE: [GENERAL] Re: Unanswered questions about Postgre

2000-12-12 Thread Roger Wernersson
, 12); END; -Original Message- From: Edward Q. Bridges [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: den 12 december 2000 17:10 To: PostgreSQL general mailing list; Roger Wernersson Subject: RE: [GENERAL] Re: Unanswered questions about Postgre On Tue, 12 Dec 2000 12:04:46 +0100, Roger Wernersson wrot

RE: [GENERAL] Re: Unanswered questions about Postgre

2000-12-12 Thread Edward Q. Bridges
or an update until the end of the transaction. --e-- > Is there a right solution? > > /Roger > > -Original Message- > From: Tim Kientzle [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: den 12 december 2000 02:10 > To: PostgreSQL general mailing list > Subject:

RE: [GENERAL] Re: Unanswered questions about Postgre

2000-12-12 Thread Roger Wernersson
12 december 2000 02:10 To: PostgreSQL general mailing list Subject: [GENERAL] Re: Unanswered questions about Postgre > Of course, people really shouldn't be inserting > objects which already exist, ... On the contrary, the best way to test if something already exists is to just try the

[GENERAL] Re: Unanswered questions about Postgre

2000-12-11 Thread Tim Kientzle
> Of course, people really shouldn't be inserting > objects which already exist, ... On the contrary, the best way to test if something already exists is to just try the INSERT and let the database tell you if it's already there. Both faster and more reliable than doing SELECT then INSERT.