INSERT or UPDATE

[pxpilot]

Hi All,
I have the a table with 2 fields: uid, date.
When the user does some activity I log his uid and the date, the
problem I have is that the table is not prepoulated with all uid's so
sometimes I need to INSERT and other times I need to UPDATE (if that
uid was already logged). Checking first with SELECT to see if the uid
exist is the obvious thing but I wonder is there a more effective way?

App is ASP.NET 2.0 in VB

Thanks
PxP

[Mark Rae]

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but I wonder is there a more effective way?

I don't believe so...

So long as the id is (part of) the primary key, the first check should be
virtually instantaneous...
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[Joey]

On Jun 4, 7:53 am, "Mark Rae" <[e-mail]:

"pxpilot" <[e-mail] in message

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but I wonder is there a more effective way?

I don't believe so...

So long as the id is (part of) the primary key, the first check should be
virtually instantaneous...

--http://www.markrae.net

Is there some sort of user registration process? If so, modify it to
insert a new record into your table. Then the registration process can
always do the insert, and the other code can always do updates.

[Michael Nemtsev]

Hello pxpilot,

It depends on your DB, some of them support MERGE (Oracle for example), which
call either insert or update.
for SQL server you need to implement your SP, there is no merge afaik
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pHi All,
pI have the a table with 2 fields: uid, date.
pWhen the user does some activity I log his uid and the date, the
pproblem I have is that the table is not prepoulated with all uid's so
psometimes I need to INSERT and other times I need to UPDATE (if that
puid was already logged). Checking first with SELECT to see if the uid
pexist is the obvious thing but I wonder is there a more effective
pway?
pApp is ASP.NET 2.0 in VB
p>
pThanks
pPxP

[Hans Kesting]

Hi All,

I have the a table with 2 fields: uid, date.
When the user does some activity I log his uid and the date, the
problem I have is that the table is not prepoulated with all uid's so
sometimes I need to INSERT and other times I need to UPDATE (if that
uid was already logged). Checking first with SELECT to see if the uid
exist is the obvious thing but I wonder is there a more effective way?
App is ASP.NET 2.0 in VB

Thanks
PxP

You could start with the UPDATE and check how many rows were updated.
If 0, then use the INSERT.
This way you execute 1 or 2 statements, instead of always 2 for the
SELECT-route.

Hans Kesting