RE: Dimension table load - PLSQL question

  • To: "Igor Neyman" <ineyman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, <ranko.mosic@xxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2005 10:14:59 -0400

Or, you could add "where" clause to "merge_update_claue", which will
never be true (like "where 0=1"), thus skiping updates.

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From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Igor Neyman
Sent: Thursday, September 29, 2005 9:58 AM
To: ranko.mosic@xxxxxxxxx
Cc: Paul Drake; ORACLE-L
Subject: RE: Dimension table load - PLSQL question

From Oracle docs:
 
 "merge_insert_clause
.....................................
.....................................
 You can specify this clause by itself or with the merge_update_clause.
If you specify both, then they can be in either order."


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From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Ranko Mosic
Sent: Thursday, September 29, 2005 9:51 AM
To: Igor Neyman
Cc: Paul Drake; ORACLE-L
Subject: Re: Dimension table load - PLSQL question


Not in my test - I tried to omitt "matched" and it won't do. 
SQL> l
  1  MERGE INTO bonuses D
  2  USING (SELECT employee_id, salary, department_id FROM employees
  3  WHERE department_id = 80) S 
  4  ON (D.employee_id = S.employee_id)
  5  WHEN NOT MATCHED THEN INSERT (D.employee_id, D.bonus)
  6* VALUES (S.employee_id, S.salary*0.1)
SQL> /
VALUES (S.employee_id, S.salary*0.1)
                                   * 
ERROR at line 6:
ORA-00905: missing keyword
rm
 
On 9/29/05, Igor Neyman <ineyman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: 

        "when matched" clause is optional, so you should be fine without
updates.
        As for returning PK, regular "INSERT" has "RETURNING" clause,
but I don't see one for "insert" used withing "MERGE".  File
"enhancement request" with Oracle :) 

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        From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:
oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> ]
On Behalf Of Ranko Mosic
        Sent: Thursday, September 29, 2005 9:34 AM
        To: Igor Neyman
        Cc: Paul Drake; ORACLE-L 
        
        Subject: Re: Dimension table load - PLSQL question
        
        
         
                What about returning key if record exists ? There is no
update happening. 
         
        Thanks, rm.
        
         
        On 9/29/05, Igor Neyman <ineyman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
<mailto:ineyman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > wrote: 

                Does it make a difference: 1 table or 6?
                 
                MERGE INTO t
                    USING (SELECT(select descr1 from lkp_table1 where cd
= p_cd1) AS v_descr1, 
                                                select descr2 from
lkp_table2 where cd = p_cd2) AS v_descr2 , 
                                                .... etc. )from dual) c
                    ON (t.descr1 = c.v_descr1 and t.descr2 = c.v_descr2
and ... etc)
                    WHEN NOT MATCHED INSERT (t.descr1, t.descr2, ...) 
                        VALUES (c.v_descr1, c.v_descr2, ...)
                 
                Really, no need to react the way, you did...
                                 
                Igor Neyman
                                
                 
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                From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:
oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> ]
On Behalf Of Ranko Mosic
                Sent: Thursday, September 29, 2005 8:45 AM
                To: Paul Drake
                Cc: ORACLE-L
                Subject: Re: Dimension table load - PLSQL question 
                
                 
                Thanks for very helpful, no patronizing answer. If
you've read more carefully what the problem is
                you'd see that MERGE can't work because it works on one
table upserting another. 
                I have one table being inserted from 6 tables. 
                Thanks genius.
                
                 
                On 9/28/05, Paul Drake <bdbafh@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: 

                        On 9/28/05, Ranko Mosic <ranko.mosic@xxxxxxxxx >
wrote: 
                        
                                Hi, 
                                requirement: 
                                - input parameters are codes p_cd1,
p_cd2, ...
                                - for these codes I get descriptions (
select descr1 into v_descr1 from 
                                
                                lkp_table1 where cd = p_cd1; select
descr2 into v_descr2 from lkp_table2 where 
                                
                                cd = p_cd2 etc )
                                - check if table t has records  where
t.descr1 = v_descr1
                                   and t.descr2 = v_descr2 and on and on
....; 
                                - if row exists return primary key; 
                                - if not then insert. 
                                
                                What is the best way of doing it (
simplest ) ? 
                                
                                
                                Regards, Ranko.  
                                



                                                Ranko,
                        
                        "Simplest way" is to solicit opinions without
using a search engine or checking the documentation.
                        Its also usually "simplest" to leverage the
existing provided functionality, rather than writing your own routines,
error handling, etc. 
                        
                        A search of "oracle 10.1 upsert" in google.com
<http://google.com/>  + "I'm feeling lucky" produced this for me. 
                        Perhaps you might get lucky too.
                        
                        Paul
                        
                        http://www.psoug.org/reference/merge.html 
                        
                        
                        
                                MERGE <hint> INTO <table_name>
                        USING <table_view_or_query>
                        ON (<condition>)
                        WHEN MATCHED THEN <update_clause>
                        WHEN NOT MATCHED THEN <insert_clause>;  



                
        
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