On Monday 20 January 2003 12:15 am, Zysman, Roiy wrote:
> Hi All,
> I'm trying to insert multiple lines to a table with 3 col. All 3 of them
> are a part of the primary key.
> But while inserting the data , sometime occurs the situation where I
> want to insert an already exist entry with the same keys. And mysql
> barfs out that this key already exist in the table.
> The solution to it would be probably to query for each entry that I'm
> about to insert if that entry exists , but it looks like it would be an
> enormous overhead. I'm asking this question on a _performance_ context .
> What is the best way , ignore the error messages mysql barfs out or
> query each entry for existences before inserting it ?
Roiy:
Try INSERT IGNORE...
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