On Wed, 2005-08-31 at 12:49 -0400, Henry Ortega wrote: > Ok. Here's TABLE A > > emp date hours type > JSMITH 08-15-2005 5 WORK > JSMITH 08-15-2005 3 WORK > JSMITH 08-25-2005 6 WORK > > I want to insert the ff: > 1.) JSMITH 08-15-2005 8 VAC > 2.) DOE 08-16-2005 8 VAC > > #1 should fail because there is already 8 hours entered as being > Worked on 08-15-2005 (same date).
sorry, did not notice the duplicates before my previous reply. you could do something like insert into A select 'JSMITH','08-15-2005',8,'VAC' where 8 != (select sum(hours) FROM A WHERE emp = 'JSMITH' AND date = '8-15-2005'); gnari ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 9: In versions below 8.0, the planner will ignore your desire to choose an index scan if your joining column's datatypes do not match