Example: Upsert Update - Analytics Database - Teradata Vantage

SQL Data Manipulation Language

Deployment
VantageCloud
VantageCore
Edition
Enterprise
IntelliFlex
VMware
Product
Analytics Database
Teradata Vantage
Release Number
17.20
Published
June 2022
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2025-04-02
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Product Category
Teradata Vantage™

This example shows a valid upsert UPDATE request.

     UPDATE sales
     SET itemcount = item_count + 1
     WHERE (item_nbr = 10
     AND    sale_date = '05/30/2000')
     ELSE INSERT
     INTO sales (10, '05/30/2000', 1);

After all of the rules have been validated, the row with item_nbr = 10 and sale_date = ‘05/30/2000’ gets updated.

A message indicates the successful update of one row.