Oracle merge and third party tables - sql

I work with merge operation like in this example:
http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E11882_01/server.112/e26088/statements_9016.htm
How I can make insert into third party table inside "when matched" and "when not matched" clauses?
UPDATE: May be possible set some flags inside this clauses? For using it at next procedure steps - for execute insert ...

Considering you want to benefit from the MERGE clause to actually UPDATE a table, your suggestion about flags is a pretty good idea IMO. Suppose you want to merge TAB_A and TAB_B into TAB_C, you would 1st need to ALTER TABLE TAB_A ADD (FLAG VARCHAR2(1));.
Then the MERGE would consists in setting up the flags:
MERGE INTO tab_a a
USING (tab_b) b
ON (...)
WHEN MATCHED THEN UPDATE SET a.flag = 'U'
WHEN NOT MATCHED THEN INSERT (..., FLAG) VALUES (..., 'I')
;
You can then update TAB_C like:
INSERT INTO tab_c
SELECT ...
FROM tab_a a
WHERE a.flag = 'I';
and the same kind of UPDATE for lines with 'U' flag. Don't forget to reset the flag in TAB_A when you're finished !

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SQL Merge Into with multiple statements

I'm trying to keep a historic table of another one. When updating the original I would like to insert rows into the historic one.
I'm using Sql Merge:
MERGE TargetProducts AS Target
USING SourceProducts AS Source
ON Source.ProductID = Target.ProductID
-- For Inserts
WHEN NOT MATCHED BY Target THEN
INSERT (ProductID,ProductName, Price)
VALUES (Source.ProductID,Source.ProductName, Source.Price)
-- For Updates
WHEN MATCHED THEN UPDATE SET
Target.ProductName = Source.ProductName,
Target.Price = Source.Price
-- For Deletes
WHEN NOT MATCHED BY Source THEN
DELETE;
Can I make multiple statements in the same "when" condition?, as such:
...
-- For Inserts
WHEN NOT MATCHED BY Target THEN
INSERT (ProductID,ProductName, Price) VALUES (Source.ProductID,Source.ProductName, Source.Price);
INSERT INTO anotherTable (OldProductID,OldProductName, OldPrice) VALUES (Source.ProductID,Source.ProductName, Source.Price);
...
Normally you can INSERT only into one table. The syntax does not allow multiple statements in the same "when" condition.
But, SQL Server has OUTPUT clause which allows to add another table. It is very handy when you need to have some sort of auditing trail.
See this question How to INSERT into multiple tables from one SELECT statement
So, add OUTPUT clause to your MERGE statement. Something like this:
MERGE TargetProducts AS Target
USING SourceProducts AS Source
ON Source.ProductID = Target.ProductID
-- For Inserts
WHEN NOT MATCHED BY Target THEN
INSERT (ProductID,ProductName, Price)
VALUES (Source.ProductID,Source.ProductName, Source.Price)
-- For Updates
WHEN MATCHED THEN UPDATE SET
Target.ProductName = Source.ProductName,
Target.Price = Source.Price
-- For Deletes
WHEN NOT MATCHED BY Source THEN
DELETE
OUTPUT inserted.ProductID, inserted.ProductName, inserted.Price
INTO anotherTable (OldProductID,OldProductName, OldPrice)
;
This will capture both updates and inserts in anotherTable. To capture only inserts you can output at first into a temp table and then filter results by MERGE $action.
Have a look at this question:
Pipes and filters at DBMS-level: Splitting the MERGE output stream

populate a table from another table including logging

I'm trying to populate a table from another table including logging.
For example there 2 tables A and B.
Data should be copied from B to A
There is one primary key called id in both tables.
The script should update the matching rows if existing.
The script should insert the missing rows from B if not found in table A
Data is expected to be around 800 k, having 15 columns.
I have no idea what you mean with "including logging", but to insert/update from one table to another, use merge:
merge into a
using b on (b.id = a.id)
when matched then update
set col1 = b.col1,
col2 = b.col2
when not matched then insert (id, col1, col2)
values (b.id, b.col1, col2);
This assumes the PK is named id in both tables.
merge into tableA a
using tableB b
on (a.id = b.id)
when matched then update set
--list columns here
when not matched then insert
--list columns to insert here
;
800k shouldn't be too much to insert in one transaction. If it is too much you should use cursor with bulk collect and split merge in a few steps passing to using only part of data. How big limit set for bulk collect you need to test which gives optimal times.

SQL Merge - Persist data

I use SQL Server 2014.
In my procedure, I have a MERGE statement and I have a question about it.
My MERGE statement has simple following structure:
MERGE dbo.T1 AS tgt
USING (SELECT ...) AS src ON ...
WHEN MATCHED THEN
UPDATE ...
WHEN NOT MATCHED THEN
INSERT ...
OUTPUT inserted.MyColumn
INTO #NewTable (MyColumnValue);
Just like how it populates a table for all inserts, I also need it to populate another table for all updates too.
Is is possible, and if yes then would you please let me know how?
No, it's not possible to direct the results to two tables. See this question.
You can make the table wider and output both the inserted and deleted columns on the same row:
MERGE dbo.T1 AS tgt
USING (SELECT ...) AS src ON ...
WHEN MATCHED THEN
UPDATE ...
WHEN NOT MATCHED THEN
INSERT ...
OUTPUT $action, inserted.col1, inserted.col2, deleted.col1, deleted.col2
INTO #NewTable (action, inserted_col1, inserted_col2, deleted_col1, deleted_col2);
Then you can split #NewTable however you want.

Filtering duplicate records while importing data from source table to target table

This may be a simple query to some of you. But I am not strong in Sql, so expecting some solution for my problem.
I have 2 tables, ProductVenueImport and SupplierVenueImport.
We are dumping all the records from SupplierVenueImport to ProductVenueImport using MERGE clause and a Temp table. Temp will have valid records from SupplerVenuImport and from Temp table we are importing records to ProductVenueImport.
But before importing data to ProductVenueImport from Temp table I need to check for the duplicate records in my target (ProductVenueImport).
For example if I am importing a record with name as 'A', I need to look into ProductVenueImport whether 'A' already existing or not. If it is not existing then only I need to insert 'A' otherwise not.
Could somebody tell me how to do this?
Is using Cursors only the option?
Thanks,
Naresh
Assuming the Temp table itself doesn't have duplicates, you could use MERGE like this:
Insert non-existing products.
Do a NO-OP in case of an existing product.
Use $action in the OUTPUT clause to mark which rows were considered for insertion (and inserted) and which for update (but not really updated).
This is what I mean:
DECLARE #noop int; -- needed for the NO-OP below
MERGE INTO ProductVenueImport AS tgt
USING Temp AS src
ON src.ProductID = tgt.ProdutID
WHEN NOT MATCHED THEN
INSERT ( column1, column2, ...)
VALUES (src.column1, src.column2, ...)
WHEN MATCHED THEN
UPDATE SET #noop = #noop -- the NO-OP instead of update
OUTPUT $action, src.column1, src.column2, ...
INTO anotherTempTable
;
I think this would do this :
INSERT INTO PRODUCTTBL(FEILD1, FIELD2, FIELD3, FIELD4, FIELD5)
SELECT (FIELD1,FIELD2,FIELD3,FIELD4,FIELD5) FROM TEMP WHERE CRITERIAFIELD NOT IN(SELECT DISTINCT CRITERIAFIELD FROM PRODUCTTBL)
This should allow you to check for duplicates in a table
select columnname from tablename
group by columnname
having count(columnname) >1
sorry if I am not getting the question right, can't you use the merge statement on the source table with "When not matched Insert" to insert the new records alone
so in your case it should be like this
merge into ProductVenueImport using temp on (<condition for duplicate>)
when not matched then insert <clause>;
the merge clause will make sure that no duplicate records are inserted into your source table.

Synchronizing 2 tables with MERGE

I’ve been tasked to synchronize 2 tables (both are identical). They have 60 columns each. Table A is the primary table that will be initially filled. I need to create a stored procedure (done) that will merge these 2 tables and populate both with the same exact data (Update, insert, delete) when called. How would I use the MERGE function in SQL to achieve this? I’ve looked at both the MSDN documentation and similar that’s on technet, but I’m pretty confused on getting started. Do I need to specify each field I need merged? Or is it a simple call I’m missing that will perform this action?
Here is a link to a simple example of the MERGE statement:
http://www.simple-talk.com/sql/learn-sql-server/the-merge-statement-in-sql-server-2008/
The basic syntax reads as:
MERGE table1
USING table2
ON table1.id = table2.id
WHEN MATCHED THEN
--Do an update here
WHEN NOT MATCHED BY TARGET THEN
--Do an insert here (or a delete)
;
You can also use WHEN NOT MATCHED BY SOURCE
Over 60 columns is a great number! When I need to sync 2 identical table I do:
;WITH tbl_to_synch as (
-- Prepare table to update,
Select *,chk = CHECKSUM(*) from [dbo].[tableA]
)
MERGE tbl_to_synch as [Target]
USING (Select *,chk = CHECKSUM(*) from [dbo].[tableB]) as [source]
ON [Target].key = [source].key
WHEN MATCHED AND [Target].chk <> [source].chk THEN
-- UPDATE ONLY row that is changed
UPDATE
SET
column01 = [source].[column01]
,column02 = [source].[column01]
-- ....
,column59 = [source].[column59]
,column60 = [source].[column59]
WHEN NOT MATCHED BY TARGET THEN
insert (column01, column02, ...,column59,column60)
values (column01, column02, ...,column59,column60)
WHEN NOT MATCHED BY SOURCE THEN DELETE
-- Show what is changed
OUTPUT $action, ISNULL(INSERTED.key,DELETED.key);