INSERT … ON DUPLICATE KEY UPDATE with WHERE?

I'm doing a INSERT ... ON DUPLICATE KEY UPDATE but I need the update part to be conditional, only doing the update if some extra condition has changed.

However, WHERE is not allowed on this UPDATE. Is there any workaround for this?

I can't do combinations of INSERT/UPDATE/SELECT since this needs to work over a replication.

LouisXIV

I suggest you to use IF() to do that.

Refer: conditional-duplicate-key-updates-with-mysql

INSERT INTO daily_events (created_on, last_event_id, last_event_created_at)
  VALUES ('2010-01-19', 23, '2010-01-19 10:23:11')
ON DUPLICATE KEY UPDATE
  last_event_id = IF(last_event_created_at < VALUES(last_event_created_at), VALUES(last_event_id), last_event_id);

This is our final solution, works like a charm!

The insert ignore will make sure that the row exists on both the master and slave, in case they've ever diverted.

The update ... where makes sure that only the most recent update, globally, is the end result after all replication is done.

mysql> desc test;
+-------+--------------+------+-----+-------------------+-------+
| Field | Type         | Null | Key | Default           | Extra |
+-------+--------------+------+-----+-------------------+-------+
| id    | int(11)      | NO   | PRI | NULL              |       | 
| value | varchar(255) | YES  |     | NULL              |       | 
| ts    | timestamp    | NO   |     | CURRENT_TIMESTAMP |       | 
+-------+--------------+------+-----+-------------------+-------+

mysql> insert ignore into test values (4, "foo", now());    
mysql> update test set value = "foo", ts = now() where id = 4 and ts <= now();

you could use two insert statements .. since you CAN add a where clause to the select part for the source data.

select two sets of data, one that you will insert with 'on duplicate' and the other will be inserted without 'on duplicate'.

Tito100

table php_lock:
name:idString, locked:bool, time:timestamp, locked_by:string
values to insert or update
1, CURRENT_TIMESTAMP, 'script'
where name='wwww' AND locked=2

INSERT INTO `php_lock` (`name`, locked, `time`, `locked_by`)  
(SELECT * FROM 
    (SELECT `name`,1,CURRENT_TIMESTAMP, 'script' FROM `php_lock` 
        WHERE `name`='wwww' AND `locked`=2  
    UNION (
    SELECT 'wwww',1 ,CURRENT_TIMESTAMP, 'script') 
) AS temp LIMIT 1) 
ON DUPLICATE KEY UPDATE locked=VALUES(locked), `time`=VALUES(`time`), `locked_by`=VALUES(`locked_by`);

Overview

AWUpsertCondy wants to change BEFORE into AFTER

Problem

AWUpsertCondy does not want the insert query to fail if MySQL detects duplicate primary key
MySQL does not support conditional WHERE clause with ON DUPLICATE KEY UPDATE

Solution

MySQL supports conditional clause with the IF() function
Here we have a simple conditional to update only those items with userid less-than 9

INSERT INTO zzdemo_table02
    (lname,userid)
  SELECT
    lname,userid
    FROM(
      SELECT
        lname,userid
      FROM
        zzdemo_table01
    ) as tt01
ON DUPLICATE KEY UPDATE
    userid=IF(@doupdate:=IF( (tt01.userid < 9) , True, False), 
        tt01.userid, zzdemo_table02.userid)
    ,lname=IF(@doupdate, tt01.lname , zzdemo_table02.lname )
;

Pitfalls

We introduce a MySQL variable @doupdate in order to flag whether or not the UPDATE row meets the condition. Then we use that same variable for all the database columns we use in the UPDATE statement
In the first conditional we both declare the variable and determine whether the conditional applies. This approach is arguably more cumbersome than a WHERE clause

INSERT … ON DUPLICATE KEY UPDATE with WHERE?

Overview

Problem

Solution

Pitfalls

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