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Rahul Gulwani
Rahul Gulwani

Reputation: 200

Using Merge statement for single table

Is it possible to use the merge statement for the single table? I want to check before inserting that if the same set of values are already exists then that record should be updated and if not then it should be inserted. I have searched on the internet but I got the example of merge statement with 2 table. I was trying on a single table but I am not able to get the positive results. Values that I am trying to check will be dynamic. I want to use this query in my application.

I am trying to check(In below case only "Major" column) if two columns are matched then that record should be updated and if not then it should be inserted.

I have created a sample table student. below is the query.

create table student (sid int,name varchar(20),major varchar(10),gpa float,tutorid int, PRIMARY KEY (sid))

insert into student values(101,'Bill','CIS',3.45,102)

insert into student values(102,'Mary','CIS',3.1,null)

insert into student values(103,'Sue','Marketing',2.95,102)

insert into student values(104,'Tom','Finanace',3.5,106)

insert into student values(105,'Alex','CIS',2.75,106)

insert into student values(106,'Sam','Marketing',3.25,103)

insert into student values(107,'Joan','Finance',2.9,102)

Below is the query I am using

merge into student a 
using (select name,major from student) b 
on (a.major=b.major)
when matched then
update set a.name='Rahul'
when not matched then
insert(a.SID,a.major) values(123, 'Temp')

I am getting the below error

ORA-30926: unable to get a stable set of rows in the source tables

Maybe I am doing things completly wrong. Can anyone please help me.

Upvotes: 3

Views: 6532

Answers (1)

MT0
MT0

Reputation: 168720

Use SELECT ... FROM DUAL in the USING clause to generate a single row with your data:

SQL Fiddle

Oracle 11g R2 Schema Setup:

create table student (
  sid int,
  name varchar(20),
  major varchar(10),
  gpa float,
  tutorid int,
  PRIMARY KEY (sid)
);

insert into student values(101,'Bill','CIS',3.45,102);
insert into student values(102,'Mary','CIS',3.1,null);
insert into student values(103,'Sue','Marketing',2.95,102);
insert into student values(104,'Tom','Finanace',3.5,106);
insert into student values(105,'Alex','CIS',2.75,106);
insert into student values(106,'Sam','Marketing',3.25,103);
insert into student values(107,'Joan','Finance',2.9,102);

Query 1:

merge into student dst
using (
  SELECT 123 AS sid,
         'Rahul' AS name,
         'Temp' AS major
  FROM   DUAL
) src
on (src.major=dst.major)
when matched then
  update set name=src.name
when not matched then
  insert(SID,name,major) values ( src.sid, src.name, src.major )

Query 2:

SELECT * FROM student

Results:

| SID |  NAME |     MAJOR |    GPA | TUTORID |
|-----|-------|-----------|--------|---------|
| 101 |  Bill |       CIS |   3.45 |     102 |
| 102 |  Mary |       CIS |    3.1 |  (null) |
| 103 |   Sue | Marketing |   2.95 |     102 |
| 104 |   Tom |  Finanace |    3.5 |     106 |
| 105 |  Alex |       CIS |   2.75 |     106 |
| 106 |   Sam | Marketing |   3.25 |     103 |
| 107 |  Joan |   Finance |    2.9 |     102 |
| 123 | Rahul |      Temp | (null) |  (null) |

Upvotes: 6

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