I have the tables accounts and action. accounts needs to be modified according to the instruction stored in action.
In action each row contains an account-id, an action (i=insert, u=update, d=delete, x=invalid operation) and an amount by which to update the account.
- On an insert, if the account already exists, an update should be done
instead - On an update, if the account does not exist, it is created by an
insert - On a delete, if the row does not exist, no action is taken
Input
accounts:
+---id----value--+
| 1 | 1000 |
| 2 | 2000 |
| 3 | 1500 |
| 4 | 6500 |
| 5 | 500 |
+----------------+
action:
+---account_id---o---new_value---status---+
| 3 | u | 599 | |
| 6 | i | 2099 | |
| 5 | d | | |
| 7 | u | 1599 | |
| 1 | i | 399 | |
| 9 | d | | |
| 10 | x | | |
+-----------------------------------------+
Output
accounts:
+---id----value--+
| 1 | 399 |
| 2 | 800 |
| 3 | 599 |
| 4 | 1400 |
| 6 | 20099 |
| 7 | 1599 |
+----------------+
action:
+---account_id---o---new_value-------------------status----------------+
| 3 | u | 599 | Update: Success |
| 6 | i | 20099 | Update: Success |
| 5 | d | | Delete: Success |
| 7 | u | 1599 | Update: ID not founds. Value inserted |
| 1 | i | 399 | Insert: Acc exists. Updated instead |
| 9 | d | | Delete: ID not found |
| 10 | x | | Invalid operation: No action taken |
+----------------------------------------------------------------------+
I am experienced with Java and JDBC, but unfortunately I just don’t know, how to start here.
Do I need an additional table? Do I have to use triggers?
I’ve seen two techniques for an upsert. With the first technique, within a transaction, you test first to see if the row exists, and use the results to determine whether to perform an insert or an update. With the second technique, you try performing an update and verify the number of records updated (JDBC gives you this). If it’s zero, then you do an insert, if one, then you’re done.