Example: Upsert Without ELSE Clause - Teradata Database - Teradata Vantage NewSQL Engine

SQL Data Manipulation Language

Product
Teradata Database
Teradata Vantage NewSQL Engine
Release Number
16.20
Published
March 2019
Language
English (United States)
Last Update
2019-05-03
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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.