Example: Upsert Without ELSE Clause - 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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This example shows an upsert UPDATE request that fails to specify the ELSE keyword.

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

This case returns a syntax error to the user.