Oracle insert if not exists statement

Question

insert into OPT (email, campaign_id) values(\'mom@cox.net\',100)
where not exists( select * from OPT where (email =\"mom@cox.net\" and campaign_id =100)) ;
         


        

Answer 1

The correct way to insert something (in Oracle) based on another record already existing is by using the MERGE statement.

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