REPLACE
The REPLACE statement is semantically a combined DELETE+INSERT statement. It can be used to simplify application code.
Synopsis
ReplaceIntoStmt:
PriorityOpt:
IntoOpt:
TableName:
InsertValues:
Examples
mysql> CREATE TABLE t1 (id INT NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY AUTO_INCREMENT, c1 INT NOT NULL);
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.12 sec)
mysql> INSERT INTO t1 (c1) VALUES (1), (2), (3);
Query OK, 3 rows affected (0.02 sec)
Records: 3 Duplicates: 0 Warnings: 0
mysql> SELECT * FROM t1;
+----+----+
| id | c1 |
+----+----+
| 1 | 1 |
| 2 | 2 |
| 3 | 3 |
+----+----+
3 rows in set (0.00 sec)
mysql> REPLACE INTO t1 (id, c1) VALUES(3, 99);
Query OK, 2 rows affected (0.01 sec)
mysql> SELECT * FROM t1;
+----+----+
| id | c1 |
+----+----+
| 1 | 1 |
| 2 | 2 |
| 3 | 99 |
+----+----+
3 rows in set (0.00 sec)
MySQL compatibility
This statement is understood to be fully compatible with MySQL. Any compatibility differences should be reported via an issue on GitHub.