On Sat, Jan 07, 2006 at 02:16:46PM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Isaac Raway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > [I]nstead of dropping the row existing, [the REPLACE algorithm should]
> > simply update the provided fields in place, leaving the unmodified fields
> > as is. I'd call this behavior OR UPDATE as it would be exactly equivalent 
> > to doing an UPDATE on the existing row(s).
> 
> There might be two or more rows that conflict.  How would it choose
> which row to use as the basis?

Not according to the original email...
> When a UNIQUE constraint violation occurs, the pre-existing rows that
are causing the constraint violation are removed prior to inserting or
updating the current row.
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