On 2013-10-15 11:11:24 -0400, Robert Haas wrote:
> I'm not saying "go implement MERGE". I'm saying, make the
> insert-or-update operation a single statement, using some syntax TBD,
> instead of requiring the use of a new insert statement that makes
> invisible rows visible as a side effect, so that you can wrap that in
> a CTE and feed it to an update statement. That's complex and, AFAICS,
> unlike how any other database product handles this.
I think we most definitely should provide a single statement
variant. That's the one users yearn for.
I also would like a variant where I can lock a row on conflict, for
multimaster scenarios, but that doesn't necessarily have to be exposed
to SQL.
Greetings,
Andres Freund
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