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  • Committer: Monty Taylor
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Replacing Data
 
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In Dizzle you can make use of REPLACE to insert a new record into a table or
 
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delete and insert a record in a table if a record matching the primary key
 
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already exists. If no primary key or unique constraint is found on the table
 
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then REPLACE is equivalent to INSERT.
 
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A typical query:
 
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REPLACE INTO table_1 SET a=5;
 
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REPLACE INTO table_1 VALUES (4);
 
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REPLACE is an extension to the SQL Standard that first appeared in MySQL.