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How can I access a value when inserting into a table?

I'm trying to write a java sql query, the simplified table would be table(name,version) with a unique constraint on (name, version).
I'm trying to insert a row into my database with a conditional statement. Meaning that when a entry with the same name exists, it should insert the row with same name and its version increased by 1.
I have tried with the following:
INSERT INTO table(name,version)
VALUES(?, CASE WHEN EXISTS(SELECT name from table where name=?)
THEN (SELECT MAX(version) FROM table WHERE name = ?) +1
ELSE 1 END)
values are sent by user.
My question is, how can I access the 'name' inside the values so I could compare them?

If you want to write this as a single query:
INSERT INTO table (name, version)
SELECT ?, COLAESCE(MAX(t2.version) + 1, 1)
FROM table t2
WHERE t2.name = ?;
That said, this is dangerous. Two threads could execute this query "at the same time" and possibly create the same version number. You can prevent this from happening by adding a unique index/constraint on (name, version).
With the unique index/constraint, one of the updates will fail if there is a conflict.

I see at least two approaches:
1. For each pair of name and version you first query the max version:
SELECT MAX(VERSION) as MAX FROM <table> WHERE NAME = <name>
And then you insert the result + 1 with a corresponding insert query:
INSERT INTO <table>(NAME,VERSION) VALUES (<name>,result+1)
This approach is very straight-forward, easy-to-read and implement, however, not really performant because of so many queries necessary.
You can achieve that with sql alone with sql analytics and window functions, e.g.:
SELECT NAME, ROW_NUMBER() over (partition BY NAME ORDER BY NAME) as VERSION FROM<table>
You can then save the result of this query as a table using CREATE TABLE as SELECT...
(The assumption here is that the first version is 1, if it is not the case, then one could slightly rework the query). This solution would be very performant even for large datasets.

You should get the name before insertion. In your case, if something went wrong then how would you know about it so you get the name before insert query.
Not sure but you try this:
declare int version;
if exists(SELECT name from table where name=?)
then
version = SELECT MAX(version) FROM table WHERE name = ?
version += 1
else
version = 1
end
Regards.

This is actually a bad plan, you might be changing what the user's specified data. That is likely to not be what is desired, maybe they're not trying to create a new version but just unaware that the one wanted already exists. But, you can create a function, which your java calls, not only inserts the requested version or max+1 if the requested version already exists. Moreover it returns the actual values inserted.
-- create table
create table nv( name text
, version integer
, constraint nv_uk unique (name, version)
);
-- function to create version or 1+max if requested exists
create or replace function new_version
( name_in text
, version_in integer
)
returns record
language plpgsql strict
as $$
declare
violated_constraint text;
return_name_version record;
begin
insert into nv(name,version)
values (name_in,version_in)
returning (name, version) into return_name_version;
return return_name_version;
exception
when unique_violation
then
GET STACKED DIAGNOSTICS violated_constraint = CONSTRAINT_NAME;
if violated_constraint like '%nv\_uk%'
then
insert into nv(name,version)
select name_in, 1+max(version)
from nv
where name = name_in
group by name_in
returning (name, version) into return_name_version;
return return_name_version;
end if;
end;
$$;
-- create some data
insert into nv(name,version)
select 'n1', gn
from generate_series( 1,3) gn ;
-- test insert existing
select new_version('n2',1);
select new_version('n1',1);
select *
from nv
order by name, version;

SQL for return all the id which does not exist in db and passing in sql

I need some help writing an SQL statement for the below requirement.
I have list of employee_id which I need to check whether they are exist in the DB or not from the java layer I want to use one query for this.
Sample query:
SELECT *
FROM employee
WHERE employee_id IN (1001,1002,1002,10000004).
In this query 10000004 does not exist in DB.
One approach in my mind is to use the below query:
SELECT Count(employee_id)
FROM employee
WHERE employee_id IN (1001,1002,1002,10000004).
Then check the list size and the result from the query in java layer. But I don’t want this because I need all those employee_id which does not exist in DB.

declare #employeeids varchar(1000) --to store ids as comma seperated string
declare #tmpEmployee table (employee_id varchar(50)) --temp employee table to store ids from string
declare #pointer int
select #employeeids = '1001,1002,1002,10000004' --list of ids to check against database
while (charindex(',', #employeeids, 0) > 0)
begin
set #pointer = charindex(',', #employeeids, 0)
insert into #tmpEmployee (employee_id)
--remove white spaces if exists
select ltrim(rtrim(substring(#employeeids, 0, #pointer)))
set #employeeids = stuff(#employeeids, 1, #pointer, '')
end
insert into #tmpEmployee (employee_id)
select ltrim(rtrim(#employeeids))
select r.employee_id -- required ids which does not exists in database
,e.employee_id
from #tmpEmployee r
left join employee e on r.employee_id=e.employee_id
where e.employee_id is null

If you are using Oracle, then this link may help you. It's all about usage of built in SYS.DBMS_DEBUG_VC2COLL function

Exist a very bad way to do that is this:
SELECT * FROM (SELECT 5930 id UNION SELECT 8109 id
UNION SELECT 8110 id UNION SELECT 8115 id UNION SELECT 8112 id
UNION SELECT 8113 id UNION SELECT -1 id) b
WHERE b.id NOT IN (SELECT f.id FROM employee f)
I recommed you do that in other way.

Static list MINUS select statement

I have a java program that returns a list of Long values (hundreds).
I would like to subtract to this list the values obtained from a select on an oracle database,
something like this:
SELECT 23 as num FROM DUAL UNION ALL
SELECT 17 as num FROM DUAL UNION ALL
SELECT 19 as num FROM DUAL UNION ALL
SELECT 67 as num FROM DUAL UNION ALL...
...
...
SELECT 68 as num FROM DUAL MINUS
SELECT NUM FROM MYTABLE
I presume that this operation has some performance issues...
Are there other better approaches?
Thank you

Case 1:
Use Global Temporary Tables (GTT):
CREATE GLOBAL TEMPORARY TABLE my_temp_table (
column1 NUMBER
) ON COMMIT DELETE ROWS;
Insert the List (Long value) into my_temp_table:
INSERT ALL
INTO my_temp_table (column1) VALUES (27)
INTO my_temp_table (column1) VALUES (32)
INTO my_temp_table (column1) VALUES (25)
.
.
.
SELECT 1 FROM DUAL;
Then:
SELECT * FROM my_temp_table
WHERE column1 NOT IN (SELECT NUM FROM MYTABLE);
Let me know if you have any issue.
Case 2:
Use TYPE table:
CREATE TYPE number_tab IS TABLE OF number;
SELECT column_value AS num
FROM TABLE (number_tab(1,2,3,4,5,6)) temp_table
WHERE NOT EXIST (SELECT 1 FROM MYTABLE WHERE MYTABLE.NUM = temp_table.num);

Assuming MyTable is much bigger than literal values, I think the best option is using a temporary table to store your values. This way your query is a lot cleaner.
If you are working in a concurrent environment (e.g. typical web app), use an id field, and delete when finished. Summarizing:
preliminary: create a table for temporary values TEMPTABLE(id, value)
for each transaction
get new unique/atomic id (new oracle sequence value, for example)
for each literal value: insert into temptable(new_id, value)
select * from temptable where id = new_id minus...
process result
delete from temp_table where id = new_id
Temporary tables are a good solution in oracle. This one can be used with an ORM persistence layer

Insert only if row doesn't exist

I am using PreparedStatement to prepare sql queries. I want to insert a row in table if and only if it doesn't exist.
I tried this -
INSERT INTO users (userId) VALUES (?) ON DUPLICATE KEY UPDATE userId = ?
But this will unnecessarily update the userId.
How can i insert the userId here ?

INSERT INTO users
(userId)
SELECT ?
WHERE NOT EXISTS
(
SELECT *
FROM users
where userId = ?
)

You may use
INSERT IGNORE INTO users (userId) VALUES (?)
But you should understand why do you want ignore errors.

on duplicate key does not work correctly when the table is an innodb. It creates exactly the problem you are describing. If you need the functionality of an innodb, then should you first check the existence of the row, otherwise can you convert the table to a myisam table.
edit: if you need to check the existence of the row before the decision to insert or update, then would I advice you to use a stored procedure.
DELIMITER //
CREATE PROCEDURE adjustusers(IN pId int)
BEGIN
DECLARE userid int;
select count(id) into userid from users where id = pId;
if userid = 1 then
update users set id = pId where id = pId;
else
insert into users(id) values(pId);
end if;
END //
DELIMITER ;
A stored procedure is precompiled, just as a prepared statement. Hence no SQL injection problems and some more functionality and only one call to the database.

stored procedures, error #1312, CLIENT_MULTI_RESULTS flag

i am writing stored procedures in MySQL that return values;
CREATE PROCEDURE getCustomerById (id int)
BEGIN
SELECT *
FROM customer
WHERE customer.id = id;
END;
and i get the error that the results cannot be shown in the given context.
after some googling, i think that i need to set the flag "CLIENT_MULTI_RESULTS" - i am connecting the database from JDBC using a java app, but cant find where to set it!
any suggestions?

try this
delimiter ;
drop procedure if exists getCustomerById;
delimiter #
create procedure getCustomerById
(
in p_id int unsigned
)
begin
select c.* from customer c where c.id = p_id;
end #
delimiter ;