Oracle: how to UPSERT (update or insert into a table?)

Question

The UPSERT operation either updates or inserts a row in a table, depending if the table already has a row that matches the data:

if table t has a row exists          


        

Answer 1

Copy & paste example for upserting one table into another, with MERGE:

CREATE GLOBAL TEMPORARY TABLE t1
    (id VARCHAR2(5) ,
     value VARCHAR2(5),
     value2 VARCHAR2(5)
     )
  ON COMMIT DELETE ROWS;

CREATE GLOBAL TEMPORARY TABLE t2
    (id VARCHAR2(5) ,
     value VARCHAR2(5),
     value2 VARCHAR2(5))
  ON COMMIT DELETE ROWS;
ALTER TABLE t2 ADD CONSTRAINT PK_LKP_MIGRATION_INFO PRIMARY KEY (id);

insert into t1 values ('a','1','1');
insert into t1 values ('b','4','5');
insert into t2 values ('b','2','2');
insert into t2 values ('c','3','3');


merge into t2
using t1
on (t1.id = t2.id) 
when matched then 
  update set t2.value = t1.value,
  t2.value2 = t1.value2
when not matched then
  insert (t2.id, t2.value, t2.value2)  
  values(t1.id, t1.value, t1.value2);

select * from t2

Result:

1. b 4 5
2. c 3 3
3. a 1 1