Example: Upsert Without ELSE Clause - Advanced SQL Engine - Teradata Database

SQL Data Manipulation Language

Product
Advanced SQL Engine
Teradata Database
Release Number
17.05
Published
January 2021
Language
English (United States)
Last Update
2021-01-22
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Product Category
Teradata Vantage™

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.