Syntax error on MERGE statement

Question

I\'m trying to do a MERGE statement in Go:

query := \"MERGE staged ON (email=$1)\" +
\" WHEN NOT MATCHED THEN INSERT (email, secret, passwd, ts, newAcct)\" +         


        

Answer 1

MERGE is not supported by MySQL, The equivalent for that is

INSERT ... ON DUPLICATE KEY UPDATE

Try this,

INSERT INTO tableName (email, secret, passwd, ts, newAcct) 
VALUES ($1,$2,$3,$4,TRUE)
ON DUPLICATE KEY UPDATE newAcct=TRUE, existingUser=NULL, secret=$2, ts=$4

but be sure email is set as Primary Key or Unique.