The Insert on Duplicate Key Update statement is the extension of the INSERT statement in MySQL. When we specify the ON DUPLICATE KEY UPDATE clause in a SQL statement and a row would cause duplicate error value in a UNIQUE or PRIMARY KEY index column, then updation of the existing row occurs.
ON DUPLICATE KEY UPDATE is a MariaDB/MySQL extension to the INSERT statement that, if it finds a duplicate unique or primary key, will instead perform an UPDATE. The row/s affected value is reported as 1 if a row is inserted, and 2 if a row is updated, unless the API's CLIENT_FOUND_ROWS flag is set.
No. Insert will only create a new row.
We can perform MySQL UPSERT operation mainly in three ways, which are as follows: UPSERT using INSERT IGNORE. UPSERT using REPLACE. UPSERT using INSERT ON DUPLICATE KEY UPDATE.
Unfortunately not.
You can get half-way there by not having to repeat the value:
INSERT INTO `tableName` (`a`,`b`,`c`) VALUES (1,2,3)
ON DUPLICATE KEY UPDATE `a`=VALUES(`a`), `b`=VALUES(`b`), `c`=VALUES(`c`);
But you still have to list the columns.
use REPLACE INTO
The meaning of REPLACE INTO
is that IF the new record presents new key values, then it will be inserted as anew record.
IF the new record has key values that match a pre-existing record,then the key violation will be ignored and the new record will replace the pre-existing record.
If it is useful, I made a query to avoid writing by hand the last part of the "on duplicate" query, for versions >= 5.0:
SELECT GROUP_CONCAT( CONCAT(COLUMN_NAME,"=values(", COLUMN_NAME,")") SEPARATOR ", ") FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS WHERE TABLE_SCHEMA = 'database_name' AND TABLE_NAME = 'table_name';
and its output is this:
a=values(a), b=values(b), c=values(c), d=values(d)
on a table that has columns a,b,c and d, so you can append to the first part of the query:
INSERT INTO `tableName` (`a`,`b`,`c`, `d`) VALUES (1,2,3,4) ON DUPLICATE KEY UPDATE a=values(a), b=values(b), c=values(c), d=values(d)
UPDATE: For a very long list of columns you may see a truncated output, you may use this statement before the query above (thanks Uncle iroh):
SET SESSION group_concat_max_len = 1000000;
per @BhendiGawaar's comment on @Lightness Races in Orbit's answer, here is the MySQL 8.019+ version:
INSERT INTO t1 (a,b,c) VALUES (1,2,3),(4,5,6) AS new
ON DUPLICATE KEY UPDATE c = new.a+new.b;
OR
INSERT INTO t1 (a,b,c) VALUES (1,2,3),(4,5,6) AS new(m,n,p)
ON DUPLICATE KEY UPDATE c = m+n;
Works with set
as well:
INSERT INTO t1 SET a=1,b=2,c=3 AS new
ON DUPLICATE KEY UPDATE c = new.a+new.b;
INSERT INTO t1 SET a=1,b=2,c=3 AS new(m,n,p)
ON DUPLICATE KEY UPDATE c = m+n;
Copied directly from MySQL Docs
The deprecation warning about the use of VALUES
:
The use of VALUES() to refer to the new row and columns is deprecated beginning with MySQL 8.0.20, and is subject to removal in a future version of MySQL. Instead, use row and column aliases, as described in the next few paragraphs of this section.
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