I'm inserting a keyword into a table that only contains unique keywords (db constraint). I'm currently doing a select to see if the keyword already exists and then an insert if it does not. This 2 step process is what I think of as 'correct'. First check, then act.
After a little thought, the 'wrong' way might be better in this case. The wrong way is to just try the insert without first checking if the value already exists. If it fails, a try/catch deals with it. As messy as this sounds, it saves a full step and is probably the more efficient of the two. Am I wrong to think that the second method is wrong? Should I do it this way? Thanks Michael Dinowitz ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:341578 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
