I have a table of phone numbers (tblPhoneNumbers):
ID, UserID, PhoneNumber
and I need to move them into a Users table (tblUsers) that contains:
ID, PhoneNumber1, PhoneNumber2
tblPhoneNumbers is assumed to have 2 rows for every user. Is it possible to move the PhoneNumber value of the first row into PhoneNumber1, and the PhoneNumber value of the second row into PhoneNumber2?
Essentially this is reverse-normalization but this is the task I need help with.
Thanks!
I need to use SQLite so I cannot use any syntax not available to SQLite.
If you're using sqlite 3.25 or better, you can use window functions to do it all in one statement (I assume here that the UserID column from tblPhoneNumbers is a foreign key that references ID from tblUsers, and that the given userid already has a record in that table; adjust as needed):
WITH allnumbers AS
(SELECT UserID
, PhoneNumber
, row_number() OVER (PARTITION BY UserID) AS num
FROM tblPhoneNumbers)
UPDATE tblUsers AS t
SET PhoneNumber1 = (SELECT a.PhoneNumber
FROM allnumbers AS a
WHERE a.UserID = t.ID AND num = 1)
, PhoneNumber2 = (SELECT a.PhoneNumber
FROM allnumbers AS a
WHERE a.UserID = t.ID AND num = 2);
(And if your system only has an older version that don't support window functions, you can always download a copy of the latest version of the sqlite3 shell and use it instead of the OS provided one).
(edit: You'll want an index on tblPhoneNumbers.UserID for better performance)
You could use the following :-
-- Create a temporary swap table
CREATE TEMP TABLE IF NOT EXISTS swapPhoneNumbers (ID INTEGER PRIMARY KEY, UserID INTEGER, PhoneNumber TEXT, replacementPhoneNumber TEXT);
-- Clear the temporary swap table in case it's used more than once
DELETE FROM swapPhoneNumbers;
-- Populate the temporary swap table according to the original data
INSERT INTO swapPhoneNumbers (ID,UserID,PhoneNumber) SELECT * FROM tblPhoneNumbers;
-- Update the swap table to include the replacement phone numbers
UPDATE swapPhoneNumbers SET replacementPhoneNumber = (
SELECT PhoneNumber FROM tblPhoneNumbers
WHERE swapPhoneNumbers.userID = tblPhoneNumbers.userID
AND swapPhoneNumbers.ID <> tblPhoneNumbers.ID
);
-- Update the original table with the new phone numbers
UPDATE tblPhoneNumbers SET PhoneNumber = (
SELECT replacementPhoneNumber FROM swapPhoneNumbers
WHERE tblPhoneNumbers.ID = swapPhoneNumbers.ID
);
The following is the SQL used to test the above.
-- Create Testing Table with some data
DROP TABLE IF EXISTS tblphoneNumbers;
CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS tblPhoneNumbers (ID INTEGER PRIMARY KEY, userID INTEGER, PhoneNumber TEXT);
INSERT INTO tblPhoneNumbers (userID, PhoneNumber) VALUES
(1,'0111111111'),(1,'0222222222'),(2,'0333333333'),(2,'0444444444'),(3,'0555555555'),(3,'0666666666')
;
-- Show what is in the original table
SELECT * FROM tblPhoneNumbers;
-- Create a temporary swap table
CREATE TEMP TABLE IF NOT EXISTS swapPhoneNumbers (ID INTEGER PRIMARY KEY, UserID INTEGER, PhoneNumber TEXT, replacementPhoneNumber TEXT);
-- Clear the temporary swap table in case it's used more than once
DELETE FROM swapPhoneNumbers;
-- Populate the temporary swap table according to the original data
INSERT INTO swapPhoneNumbers (ID,UserID,PhoneNumber) SELECT * FROM tblPhoneNumbers;
-- Show what is in the swap table
SELECT * FROM swapPhoneNumbers;
-- Update the swap table to include the replacement phone numbers
UPDATE swapPhoneNumbers SET replacementPhoneNumber = (
SELECT PhoneNumber FROM tblPhoneNumbers
WHERE swapPhoneNumbers.userID = tblPhoneNumbers.userID
AND swapPhoneNumbers.ID <> tblPhoneNumbers.ID
);
-- Show what is now in the swap table
SELECT * FROM swapPhoneNumbers;
-- Update the original table with the new phone numbers
UPDATE tblPhoneNumbers SET PhoneNumber = (
SELECT replacementPhoneNumber FROM swapPhoneNumbers
WHERE tblPhoneNumbers.ID = swapPhoneNumbers.ID
);
-- Show what is in the original table
SELECT * FROM tblPhoneNumbers;
And this is some screen shots from doing it
I have SQL Server database and I want to change the identity column because it started
with a big number 10010 and it's related with another table, now I have 200 records and I want to fix this issue before the records increases.
What's the best way to change or reset this column?
You can not update identity column.
SQL Server does not allow to update the identity column unlike what you can do with other columns with an update statement.
Although there are some alternatives to achieve a similar kind of requirement.
When Identity column value needs to be updated for new records
Use DBCC CHECKIDENT which checks the current identity value for the table and if it's needed, changes the identity value.
DBCC CHECKIDENT('tableName', RESEED, NEW_RESEED_VALUE)
When Identity column value needs to be updated for existing records
Use IDENTITY_INSERT which allows explicit values to be inserted into the identity column of a table.
SET IDENTITY_INSERT YourTable {ON|OFF}
Example:
-- Set Identity insert on so that value can be inserted into this column
SET IDENTITY_INSERT YourTable ON
GO
-- Insert the record which you want to update with new value in the identity column
INSERT INTO YourTable(IdentityCol, otherCol) VALUES(13,'myValue')
GO
-- Delete the old row of which you have inserted a copy (above) (make sure about FK's)
DELETE FROM YourTable WHERE ID=3
GO
--Now set the idenetity_insert OFF to back to the previous track
SET IDENTITY_INSERT YourTable OFF
If got your question right you want to do something like
update table
set identity_column_name = some value
Let me tell you, it is not an easy process and it is not advisable to use it, as there may be some foreign key associated on it.
But here are steps to do it, Please take a back-up of table
Step 1- Select design view of the table
Step 2- Turn off the identity column
Now you can use the update query.
Now redo the step 1 and step 2 and Turn on the identity column
Reference
You need to
set identity_insert YourTable ON
Then delete your row and reinsert it with different identity.
Once you have done the insert don't forget to turn identity_insert off
set identity_insert YourTable OFF
--before running this make sure Foreign key constraints have been removed that reference the ID.
--set table to allow identity to be inserted
SET IDENTITY_INSERT yourTable ON;
GO
--insert everything into a temp table
SELECT *
INTO #tmpYourTable
FROM yourTable
--clear your table
DELETE FROM yourTable
--insert back all the values with the updated ID column
INSERT INTO yourTable (IDCol, OtherCols)
SELECT ID+1 as updatedID --put any other update logic to the ID here
, OtherCols FROM #tmpYourTable
--drop the temp table
DROP TABLE #tmpYourTable
--put identity back to normal
SET IDENTITY_INSERT yourTable OFF;
GO
Try using DBCC CHECKIDENT:
DBCC CHECKIDENT ('YourTable', RESEED, 1);
SET IDENTITY_INSERT dbo.TableName ON
INSERT INTO dbo.TableName
(
TableId, ColumnName1, ColumnName2, ColumnName3
)
VALUES
(
TableId_Value, ColumnName1_Value, ColumnName2_Value, ColumnName3_Value
)
SET IDENTITY_INSERT dbo.TableName OFF
When using Identity_Insert don't forget to include the column names because sql will not allow you to insert without specifying them
DBCC CHECKIDENT(table_name, RESEED, value)
table_name = give the table you want to reset value
value=initial value to be zero,to start identity column with 1
copy your table to a new table without identity column.
select columns into newtable from yourtable
add an identity column to newtable with new seed and make it as a primary key
ALTER TABLE tableName ADD id MEDIUMINT NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT KEY
You can also use SET IDENTITY INSERT to allow you to insert values into an identity column.
Example:
SET IDENTITY_INSERT dbo.Tool ON
GO
And then you can insert into an identity column the values you need.
I had similar problem I needed update some IDs what I did was ( i needed to Increase them by 10k ):
set identity_insert YourTable ON
INSERT INTO YourTable
([ID]
,[something1]
,[something2]
,[something3])
SELECT
([ID] + 10000)
,[something1]
,[something2]
,[something3])
FROM YourTable
WHERE something1 = 'needs updeted id'
AND something2 = 'some other condition'
set identity_insert YourTable OFF
DELETE FROM YourTable
WHERE ID >= 'your old ID From'
AND ID <= 'Your old ID To'
And that's it. Hope you understand this logic, in my case there was also PK-FK keys connection with other tables, which meant i had to update them, before i could delete from 'YourTable' original rows.
I know there is already answers to this I just wanted to leave SQL query as example,
ALTER TABLE tablename add newcolumn int
update tablename set newcolumn=existingcolumnname
ALTER TABLE tablename DROP COLUMN existingcolumnname;
EXEC sp_RENAME 'tablename.oldcolumn' , 'newcolumnname', 'COLUMN'
update tablename set newcolumnname=value where condition
However above code works only if there is no primary-foreign key relation
Complete solution for C# programmers using command builder
First of all, you have to know this facts:
In any case, you cannot modify an identity column, so you have to delete the row and re-add with new identity.
You cannot remove the identity property from the column (you would have to remove to column)
The custom command builder from .net always skips the identity column, so you cannot use it for this purpose.
So, once knowing that, what you have to do is. Either program your own SQL Insert statement, or program you own insert command builder. Or use this one that I'be programmed for you. Given a DataTable, generates the SQL Insert script:
public static string BuildInsertSQLText ( DataTable table )
{
StringBuilder sql = new StringBuilder(1000,5000000);
StringBuilder values = new StringBuilder ( "VALUES (" );
bool bFirst = true;
bool bIdentity = false;
string identityType = null;
foreach(DataRow myRow in table.Rows)
{
sql.Append( "\r\nINSERT INTO " + table.TableName + " (" );
foreach ( DataColumn column in table.Columns )
{
if ( column.AutoIncrement )
{
bIdentity = true;
switch ( column.DataType.Name )
{
case "Int16":
identityType = "smallint";
break;
case "SByte":
identityType = "tinyint";
break;
case "Int64":
identityType = "bigint";
break;
case "Decimal":
identityType = "decimal";
break;
default:
identityType = "int";
break;
}
}
else
{
if ( bFirst )
bFirst = false;
else
{
sql.Append ( ", " );
values.Append ( ", " );
}
sql.Append ("[");
sql.Append ( column.ColumnName );
sql.Append ("]");
//values.Append (myRow[column.ColumnName].ToString() );
if (myRow[column.ColumnName].ToString() == "True")
values.Append("1");
else if (myRow[column.ColumnName].ToString() == "False")
values.Append("0");
else if(myRow[column.ColumnName] == System.DBNull.Value)
values.Append ("NULL");
else if(column.DataType.ToString().Equals("System.String"))
{
values.Append("'"+myRow[column.ColumnName].ToString()+"'");
}
else
values.Append (myRow[column.ColumnName].ToString());
//values.Append (column.DataType.ToString() );
}
}
sql.Append ( ") " );
sql.Append ( values.ToString () );
sql.Append ( ")" );
if ( bIdentity )
{
sql.Append ( "; SELECT CAST(scope_identity() AS " );
sql.Append ( identityType );
sql.Append ( ")" );
}
bFirst = true;
sql.Append(";");
values = new StringBuilder ( "VALUES (" );
} //fin foreach
return sql.ToString ();
}
There's a few ways to do this as I've seen., but the best and faster way in my opinion is the following one:
The identity columns have a counter that isn't necessarily the same as the columns registered, you can see the value of this counter with the folowing SQL command:
DBCC CHECKIDENT('tableName', NORESEED);
Then, if you want to edit the identity column you will not be able, but I recommend to make a new register after reseeding the counter to the number you need. To reseed the counter use this command:
DBCC CHECKIDENT('tableName', RESEED, desiredNumber);
I have solved this problem firstly using DBCC and then using insert. For example if your table is
Firstly set new current ID Value on the table as NEW_RESEED_VALUE
MyTable {
IDCol,
colA,
colB
}
DBCC CHECKIDENT('MyTable', RESEED, NEW_RESEED_VALUE)
then you can use
insert into MyTable (colA, ColB) select colA, colB from MyTable
This would duplicate all your records but using new IDCol value starting as NEW_RESEED_VALUE. You can then remove higher ID Value duplicate rows once your have removed/moved their foreign key references, if any.
You can create a new table using the following code.
SELECT IDENTITY (int, 1, 1) AS id, column1, column2
INTO dbo.NewTable
FROM dbo.OldTable
Then delete the old db, and rename the new db to the old db's name. Note: that column1 and column2 represent all the columns in your old table that you want to keep in your new table.
I did the following:
MOVE related data into temporary storage
UPDATE primary key/identity column value (dropping and creating constraints)
RE-INSERT related data with new foreign key value
I wrapped my solution in a STORED PROCEDURE:
CREATE PROCEDURE [dbo].[UpdateCustomerLocationId]
#oldCustomerLocationId INT,
#newCustomerLocationId INT
AS
/*
Updates CustomerLocation.CustomerLocationId #oldCustomerLocationId to #newCustomerLocationId
Example:
EXEC [dbo].[UpdateCustomerLocationId]
#oldCustomerLocationId = 6154874,
#newCustomerLocationId = 50334;
*/
BEGIN
SET NOCOUNT ON;
-- exit if #oldCustomerLocationId does not exists
IF NOT EXISTS (SELECT * FROM dbo.CustomerLocation cl WHERE cl.CustomerLocationId = #oldCustomerLocationId)
BEGIN
PRINT CONCAT('CustomerLocationId ''', #oldCustomerLocationId, ''' (#oldCustomerLocationId) does not exist in dbo.CustomerLocation');
RETURN 1; -- 0 = success, > 0 = failure
END
-- exit if #newCustomerLocationId already exists
IF EXISTS (SELECT * FROM dbo.CustomerLocation cl WHERE cl.CustomerLocationId = #newCustomerLocationId)
BEGIN
PRINT CONCAT('CustomerLocationId ''', #newCustomerLocationId, ''' (#newCustomerLocationId) already exists in dbo.CustomerLocation');
RETURN 2; -- 0 = success, > 0 = failure
END
BEGIN TRAN;
BEGIN -- MOVE related data into temporary storage
IF EXISTS (SELECT * FROM dbo.CustomerLocationData t WHERE t.CustomerLocationId = #oldCustomerLocationId) BEGIN
IF OBJECT_ID('tempdb..#CustomerLocationData') IS NOT NULL
DROP TABLE #CustomerLocationData;
SELECT * INTO #CustomerLocationData FROM dbo.CustomerLocationData t WHERE t.CustomerLocationId = #oldCustomerLocationId;
DELETE t FROM dbo.CustomerLocationData t WHERE t.CustomerLocationId = #oldCustomerLocationId;
END
END
BEGIN -- UPDATE dbo.CustomerLocation
-- DROP CONSTRAINTs
ALTER TABLE [dbo].[CustomerLocation] DROP CONSTRAINT [UC_CustomerLocation];
-- INSERT OLD record with new CustomerLocationId
SET IDENTITY_INSERT dbo.CustomerLocation ON;
INSERT INTO dbo.CustomerLocation
(
CustomerLocationId, CustomerId, LocationId, CustomerLocationIdent, CustomerLocationIdent2, LocationIdent, LocationName, CustomerDistrictId,
CustomerLocationGUID, UpdatedOn, IssueManager, EnrollSelfMonitoring, TemperatureControlDeadlineHour, CreatedOn, OperationBegin, ActiveCustomer,
Comments, LocationName2, ParentGroup, TempString1, TempString2, TempString3, TempString4, TempString5, AutoInheritFromLocation, ClassificationPrimary
)
SELECT #newCustomerLocationId AS CustomerLocationId, CustomerId,LocationId, CustomerLocationIdent, CustomerLocationIdent2, LocationIdent, LocationName, CustomerDistrictId,
CustomerLocationGUID, UpdatedOn, IssueManager, EnrollSelfMonitoring, TemperatureControlDeadlineHour, CreatedOn, OperationBegin, ActiveCustomer,
Comments,LocationName2, ParentGroup, TempString1, TempString2, TempString3, TempString4, TempString5, AutoInheritFromLocation, ClassificationPrimary
FROM dbo.CustomerLocation
WHERE CustomerLocationId = #oldCustomerLocationId;
SET IDENTITY_INSERT dbo.CustomerLocation OFF;
-- DELETE OLD record
DELETE cl FROM dbo.CustomerLocation cl WHERE cl.CustomerLocationId = #oldCustomerLocationId;
-- ADD CONSTRAINTS
ALTER TABLE [dbo].[CustomerLocation] ADD CONSTRAINT [UC_CustomerLocation] UNIQUE NONCLUSTERED ([CustomerId], [LocationId]);
END
BEGIN -- re-INSERT related data from temporary storage
IF OBJECT_ID('tempdb..#CustomerLocationData') IS NOT NULL BEGIN
SET IDENTITY_INSERT dbo.CustomerLocationData ON;
INSERT INTO dbo.CustomerLocationData (Guid, CustomerLocationId, CustomerLocationDataTypeId, Date, Category, Data)
SELECT Guid, #newCustomerLocationId CustomerLocationId, CustomerLocationDataTypeId, Date, Category, Data FROM #CustomerLocationData;
SET IDENTITY_INSERT dbo.CustomerLocationData OFF;
END
END
COMMIT TRAN;
END
This happened to me because I did a merge that was updating the ID that I was doing the Merge on.
Example that did not work (note ClownID):
MERGE ArchitectMain.dbo.BackendClowns AS TGT
USING (
SELECT ClownID
,ClownName
,Description
,Active
,EmailSubject
,AddedBy
,Added
FROM #temptable1
) AS SRC(ClownID, ClownName, Description, Active, EmailSubject, AddedBy, Added)
ON (TGT.ClownID = SRC.ClownID)
WHEN MATCHED
THEN
UPDATE
SET ClownID = SRC.ClownID
,ClownName = SRC.ClownName
,Description = SRC.Description
,Active = SRC.Active
,EmailSubject = SRC.EmailSubject
,AddedBy = SRC.AddedBy
,Added = SRC.Added;
Example that worked (note ClownID):
MERGE ArchitectMain.dbo.BackendClowns AS TGT
USING (
SELECT ClownID
,ClownName
,Description
,Active
,EmailSubject
,AddedBy
,Added
FROM #temptable1
) AS SRC(ClownID, ClownName, Description, Active, EmailSubject, AddedBy, Added)
ON (TGT.ClownID = SRC.ClownID)
WHEN MATCHED
THEN
UPDATE
SET ClownName = SRC.ClownName
,Description = SRC.Description
,Active = SRC.Active
,EmailSubject = SRC.EmailSubject
,AddedBy = SRC.AddedBy
,Added = SRC.Added;
Update is not allowed:
but you can
INSERT new data with correct key
Delete reg
import: all fields must be declared in insert into
sample: reg 5 must be changed to 4:
set IDENTITY_INSERT Gastos_ReclamacionCausa on
insert into Gastos_ReclamacionCausa
(IDCausa,TextoCombo,Asunto,Mensaje,EsBaja)
select 4,TextoCombo,Asunto,Mensaje,EsBaja from Gastos_ReclamacionCausa where idcausa=5
delete from Gastos_ReclamacionCausa where idcausa = 5
set IDENTITY_INSERT Gastos_ReclamacionCausa off
If you specifically need to change the primary key value to a different number (ex 123 -> 1123). The identity property blocks changing a PK value. Set Identity_insert isn't going to work. Doing an Insert/Delete is not advisable if you have cascading deletes (unless you turn off referential integrity checking).
EDIT: Newer versions of SQL don't allow changing the syscolumns entity, so part of my solution has to be done the hard way. Refer to this SO on how to remove Identity from a primary key instead:
Remove Identity from a column in a table
This script will turn off identity on a PK:
***********************
sp_configure 'allow update', 1
go
reconfigure with override
go
update syscolumns set colstat = 0 --turn off bit 1 which indicates identity column
where id = object_id('table_name') and name = 'column_name'
go
exec sp_configure 'allow update', 0
go
reconfigure with override
go
***********************
Next, you can set the relationships so they'll update the foreign key references. Or else you need to turn off relationship enforcement. This SO link shows how:
How can foreign key constraints be temporarily disabled using T-SQL?
Now, you can do your updates. I wrote a short script to write all my update SQL based on the same column name (in my case, I needed to increase the CaseID by 1,000,000:
select
'update ['+c.table_name+'] SET ['+Column_Name+']=['+Column_Name+']+1000000'
from Information_Schema.Columns as c
JOIN Information_Schema.Tables as t ON t.table_Name=c.table_name and t.Table_Schema=c.table_schema and t.table_type='BASE TABLE'
where Column_Name like 'CaseID' order by Ordinal_position
Lastly, re-enable referential integrity and then re-enable the Identity column on the primary key.
Note: I see some folks on these questions ask WHY. In my case, I have to merge data from a second production instance into a master DB so I can shut down the second instance. I just need all the PK/FKs of operations data to not collide. Meta-data FKs are identical.
I am using asp.net2008 and MY SQL.
I want to auto-generate the value for the field username with the format as
"SISI001", "SISI002",
etc. in SQL whenever the new record is going to inserted.
How can i do it?
What can be the SQL query ?
Thanks.
Add a column with auto increment integer data type
Then get the maximum value of that column in the table using "Max()" function and assign the value to a integer variable (let the variable be 'x').
After that
string userid = "SISI";
x=x+1;
string count = new string('0',6-x.ToString().length);
userid=userid+count+x.ToString();
Use userid as your username
Hope It Helps. Good Luck.
PLAN A>
You need to keep a table (keys) that contains the last numeric ID generated for various entities. This case the entity is "user". So the table will contain two cols viz. entity varchar(100) and lastid int.
You can then have a function written that will receive the entity name and return the incremented ID. Use this ID concatenated with the string component "SISI" to be passed to MySQL for insertion to the database.
Following is the MySQL Table tblkeys:
CREATE TABLE `tblkeys` (
`entity` varchar(100) NOT NULL,
`lastid` int(11) NOT NULL,
PRIMARY KEY (`entity`)
) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1;
The MySQL Function:
DELIMITER $$
CREATE FUNCTION `getkey`( ps_entity VARCHAR(100)) RETURNS INT(11)
BEGIN
DECLARE ll_lastid INT;
UPDATE tblkeys SET lastid = lastid+1 WHERE tblkeys.entity = ps_entity;
SELECT tblkeys.lastid INTO ll_lastid FROM tblkeys WHERE tblkeys.entity = ps_entity;
RETURN ll_lastid;
END$$
DELIMITER ;
The sample function call:
SELECT getkey('user')
Sample Insert command:
insert into users(username, password) values ('SISI'+getkey('user'), '$password')
Plan B>
This way the ID will be a bit larger but will not require any extra table. Use the following SQL to get a new unique ID:
SELECT ROUND(NOW() + 0)
You can pass it as part of the insert command and concatenate it with the string component of "SISI".
I am not an asp.net developer but i can help you
You can do something like this...
create a sequence in your mysql database as-
CREATE SEQUENCE "Database_name"."SEQUENCE1" MINVALUE 1 MAXVALUE 9999999999999999999999999999 INCREMENT BY 001 START WITH 21 CACHE 20 NOORDER NOCYCLE ;
and then while inserting use this query-----
insert into testing (userName) values(concat('SISI', sequence1.nextval))
may it help you in your doubt...
Try this:
CREATE TABLE Users (
IDs int NOT NULL IDENTITY (1, 1),
USERNAME AS 'SISI' + RIGHT('000000000' + CAST(IDs as varchar(10)), 4), --//getting uniqueness of IDs field
Address varchar(150)
)
(not tested)
I've found a few "would be" solutions for the classic "How do I insert a new record or update one if it already exists" but I cannot get any of them to work in SQLite.
I have a table defined as follows:
CREATE TABLE Book
ID INTEGER PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT,
Name VARCHAR(60) UNIQUE,
TypeID INTEGER,
Level INTEGER,
Seen INTEGER
What I want to do is add a record with a unique Name. If the Name already exists, I want to modify the fields.
Can somebody tell me how to do this please?
Have a look at http://sqlite.org/lang_conflict.html.
You want something like:
insert or replace into Book (ID, Name, TypeID, Level, Seen) values
((select ID from Book where Name = "SearchName"), "SearchName", ...);
Note that any field not in the insert list will be set to NULL if the row already exists in the table. This is why there's a subselect for the ID column: In the replacement case the statement would set it to NULL and then a fresh ID would be allocated.
This approach can also be used if you want to leave particular field values alone if the row in the replacement case but set the field to NULL in the insert case.
For example, assuming you want to leave Seen alone:
insert or replace into Book (ID, Name, TypeID, Level, Seen) values (
(select ID from Book where Name = "SearchName"),
"SearchName",
5,
6,
(select Seen from Book where Name = "SearchName"));
You should use the INSERT OR IGNORE command followed by an UPDATE command:
In the following example name is a primary key:
INSERT OR IGNORE INTO my_table (name, age) VALUES ('Karen', 34)
UPDATE my_table SET age = 34 WHERE name='Karen'
The first command will insert the record. If the record exists, it will ignore the error caused by the conflict with an existing primary key.
The second command will update the record (which now definitely exists)
You need to set a constraint on the table to trigger a "conflict" which you then resolve by doing a replace:
CREATE TABLE data (id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY, event_id INTEGER, track_id INTEGER, value REAL);
CREATE UNIQUE INDEX data_idx ON data(event_id, track_id);
Then you can issue:
INSERT OR REPLACE INTO data VALUES (NULL, 1, 2, 3);
INSERT OR REPLACE INTO data VALUES (NULL, 2, 2, 3);
INSERT OR REPLACE INTO data VALUES (NULL, 1, 2, 5);
The "SELECT * FROM data" will give you:
2|2|2|3.0
3|1|2|5.0
Note that the data.id is "3" and not "1" because REPLACE does a DELETE and INSERT, not an UPDATE. This also means that you must ensure that you define all necessary columns or you will get unexpected NULL values.
INSERT OR REPLACE will replace the other fields to default value.
sqlite> CREATE TABLE Book (
ID INTEGER PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT,
Name TEXT,
TypeID INTEGER,
Level INTEGER,
Seen INTEGER
);
sqlite> INSERT INTO Book VALUES (1001, 'C++', 10, 10, 0);
sqlite> SELECT * FROM Book;
1001|C++|10|10|0
sqlite> INSERT OR REPLACE INTO Book(ID, Name) VALUES(1001, 'SQLite');
sqlite> SELECT * FROM Book;
1001|SQLite|||
If you want to preserve the other field
Method 1
sqlite> SELECT * FROM Book;
1001|C++|10|10|0
sqlite> INSERT OR IGNORE INTO Book(ID) VALUES(1001);
sqlite> UPDATE Book SET Name='SQLite' WHERE ID=1001;
sqlite> SELECT * FROM Book;
1001|SQLite|10|10|0
Method 2
Using UPSERT (syntax was added to SQLite with version 3.24.0 (2018-06-04))
INSERT INTO Book (ID, Name)
VALUES (1001, 'SQLite')
ON CONFLICT (ID) DO
UPDATE SET Name=excluded.Name;
The excluded. prefix equal to the value in VALUES ('SQLite').
Firstly update it. If affected row count = 0 then insert it. Its the easiest and suitable for all RDBMS.
Upsert is what you want. UPSERT syntax was added to SQLite with version 3.24.0 (2018-06-04).
CREATE TABLE phonebook2(
name TEXT PRIMARY KEY,
phonenumber TEXT,
validDate DATE
);
INSERT INTO phonebook2(name,phonenumber,validDate)
VALUES('Alice','704-555-1212','2018-05-08')
ON CONFLICT(name) DO UPDATE SET
phonenumber=excluded.phonenumber,
validDate=excluded.validDate
WHERE excluded.validDate>phonebook2.validDate;
Be warned that at this point the actual word "UPSERT" is not part of the upsert syntax.
The correct syntax is
INSERT INTO ... ON CONFLICT(...) DO UPDATE SET...
and if you are doing INSERT INTO SELECT ... your select needs at least WHERE true to solve parser ambiguity about the token ON with the join syntax.
Be warned that INSERT OR REPLACE... will delete the record before inserting a new one if it has to replace, which could be bad if you have foreign key cascades or other delete triggers.
If you have no primary key, You can insert if not exist, then do an update. The table must contain at least one entry before using this.
INSERT INTO Test
(id, name)
SELECT
101 as id,
'Bob' as name
FROM Test
WHERE NOT EXISTS(SELECT * FROM Test WHERE id = 101 and name = 'Bob') LIMIT 1;
Update Test SET id='101' WHERE name='Bob';
I believe you want UPSERT.
"INSERT OR REPLACE" without the additional trickery in that answer will reset any fields you don't specify to NULL or other default value. (This behavior of INSERT OR REPLACE is unlike UPDATE; it's exactly like INSERT, because it actually is INSERT; however if what you wanted is UPDATE-if-exists you probably want the UPDATE semantics and will be unpleasantly surprised by the actual result.)
The trickery from the suggested UPSERT implementation is basically to use INSERT OR REPLACE, but specify all fields, using embedded SELECT clauses to retrieve the current value for fields you don't want to change.
I think it's worth pointing out that there can be some unexpected behaviour here if you don't thoroughly understand how PRIMARY KEY and UNIQUE interact.
As an example, if you want to insert a record only if the NAME field isn't currently taken, and if it is, you want a constraint exception to fire to tell you, then INSERT OR REPLACE will not throw and exception and instead will resolve the UNIQUE constraint itself by replacing the conflicting record (the existing record with the same NAME). Gaspard's demonstrates this really well in his answer above.
If you want a constraint exception to fire, you have to use an INSERT statement, and rely on a separate UPDATE command to update the record once you know the name isn't taken.