better way?

[Kushal Kumaran]

On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 10:03 PM, someone<petshmidt at googlemail.com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I'd like to make insert into db if record not exist otherwise update.
> to save typing list of columns in both statements I do following
>
> <snip>
>
>
> is there better or more readable way to do it?
>

Well, mysql, in particular, offers an "on duplicate key update" clause
that you can take a look at.  Don't know about about other databases.

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kushal