Insert, on duplicate update in PostgreSQL?

Question

Several months ago I learned from an answer on Stack Overflow how to perform multiple updates at once in MySQL using the following syntax:

INSERT INTO table          


        

Answer 1

I custom "upsert" function above, if you want to INSERT AND REPLACE :

`

 CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION upsert(sql_insert text, sql_update text)

 RETURNS void AS
 $BODY$
 BEGIN
    -- first try to insert and after to update. Note : insert has pk and update not...

    EXECUTE sql_insert;
    RETURN;
    EXCEPTION WHEN unique_violation THEN
    EXECUTE sql_update; 
    IF FOUND THEN 
        RETURN; 
    END IF;
 END;
 $BODY$
 LANGUAGE plpgsql VOLATILE
 COST 100;
 ALTER FUNCTION upsert(text, text)
 OWNER TO postgres;`

And after to execute, do something like this :

SELECT upsert($$INSERT INTO ...$$,$$UPDATE... $$)

Is important to put double dollar-comma to avoid compiler errors

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