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Added by Aaron Marcuse-Kubitza almost 11 years ago
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INSERT ON DUPLICATE KEY UPDATE (which does not provide SELECT |
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functionality), and PostgreSQL's INSERT RETURNING (which throws an error |
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on duplicate instead of returning the existing row). |
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However, PostgreSQL 9.1+ now provides a way to implement insert/on duplicate |
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select just once for each table using the new INSTEAD OF triggers |
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(http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.1/static/plpgsql-trigger.html), |
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which even support INSERT RETURNING. INSTEAD OF triggers can also be used to |
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implement SQL functions without requiring special support by put_table(). |
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(INSTEAD OF triggers were not used when put_table() was developed, because |
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it was necessary to support PostgreSQL 9.0.) |
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@param in_tables The main input table to select from, followed by a list of |
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tables to join with it using the main input table's pkey |
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lib/sql_io.py: put_table(): documented that PostgreSQL 9.1+ now provides a way to implement insert/on duplicate select just once for each table (instead of dynamically for each insert) using the new INSTEAD OF triggers (http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.1/static/plpgsql-trigger.html). INSTEAD OF triggers were not used when put_table() was developed, because it was necessary to support PostgreSQL 9.0, which was installed on the Mac and not easily upgradeable. it was eventually upgraded to add PostGIS, which required a complete reinstall of the DB from the staging tables, with the associated staging table reload bugs, as well as complete removal of the old Postgres version.