>From: sqlite-users-boun...@sqlite.org [mailto:sqlite-users->boun...@sqlite.org] On Behalf Of Barton Torbert >Sent: Tuesday, September 22, 2009 11:07 AM >To: General Discussion of SQLite Database >Subject: [sqlite] Update vs Insert > >Hello, > >I am having problems with the update command (through the interface >library). In most databases if you issue an update to a record that does >not exist, it simply adds a new record. When I try this in SQLite I get an >error back. > >Is the SQLite update restricted to a record you know already exists? > > > >Bart
You can't do that with an 'update' but you can with 'insert or replace.' This is true in any SQL driven database, not just SQL. Logan Ratner | Software Engineer | Gas Chromatographs Emerson Process Management | 5650 Brittmoore Rd | Houston | TX | 77041 | USA T +1 713 839 9656 | F +1 713 827 3807 logan.rat...@emerson.com _______________________________________________ sqlite-users mailing list sqlite-users@sqlite.org http://sqlite.org:8080/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sqlite-users
