You could always create a unique index on the photo_filename column. Wim.
On Fri, May 16, 2008 at 4:57 PM, Aaron Rouse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > When I have done this, I used a NOT EXISTS, so something like this random > example I just pulled from Google: > > http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-general/2003-06/msg01683.php > > On Fri, May 16, 2008 at 9:40 AM, Rick Faircloth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > I don't remember ever running a query like this one, so I'm > > not sure it's even a valid approach. > > > > But, should this run? Or do I need to run a separate query > > to the existing photo_filenames from hmls_photos to use as a variable? > > > > <cfquery name="insert_photo" datasource="c21ar"> > > > > insert into hmls_photos > > (photo_filename, photo_mls_number) > > values (<cfqueryparam cfsqltype="cf_sql_varchar" value="# > > photolist.name#">, > > <cfqueryparam cfsqltype="cf_sql_varchar" > > value="#listfirst(photolist.name, > > '_')#">) > > where photolist.name not in > > (select photo_filename from hmls_photos) > > > > </cfquery> > > > > I'm just checking the table to insure that I'm not already inserting a > > photo with > > a filename already in the table. > > > > Rick > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;192386516;25150098;k Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:305425 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4

