On Apr 8, 2012, at 12:25 AM, Josh Gibbs wrote:
> SQLite: INSERT OR IGNORE INTO test_table VALUES('prop','val');
> Postgres: INSERT INTO test_table SELECT 'prop','val' WHERE NOT EXISTS (SELECT
> 1 FROM test_table WHERE property='prop');
My 2¢…
The first variant, insert or ignore, is arguably more idiomatic to SQLite, and
theoretically requires less work.
As the DML will have to check the primary key constraint either ways, best to
let SQLite do it only once. Instead of twice, as in your second variant: once
for exists, and once for insert.
Tangentially related, some RDBMS provide support for DML error logging, which
comes handy at time:
http://www.oracle-base.com/articles/10g/DmlErrorLogging_10gR2.php
_______________________________________________
sqlite-users mailing list
[email protected]
http://sqlite.org:8080/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sqlite-users
