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MERGE statement

Asked by: dbaSQL

How do I ouput the results of a MERGE statement such that I can SET IDENTITY_INSERT on the target table and then insert?

MERGE is brand new to me, I'm basically playing with 'MERGE SQL statement - Part 2'
from here:    http://www.mssqltips.com/tip.asp?tip=1704

IF EXISTS but different, I want to udpate.
IF NOT EXISTS, I want to insert.
IF TARGET has data that is not in SOURCE, I want to delete.


(ridiculously urgent)

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2009-11-06 at 07:37:28ID24878157
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by: aneeshattingalPosted on 2009-11-06 at 07:57:23ID: 25760227

SET the identity_insert on before the merge statement ( you need to make sure that the insert statements wont coinside)

--CREATE TABLE Products
--(
--ProductID INT  identity PRIMARY KEY,
--ProductName VARCHAR(100),
--Rate MONEY
--)
--GO
--Insert records into target table
--INSERT INTO Products
--VALUES
--( 'Tea', 10.00),
--( 'Coffee', 20.00),
--( 'Muffin', 30.00),
--( 'Biscuit', 40.00)
--GO
--Create source table
CREATE TABLE UpdatedProducts
(
ProductID INT PRIMARY KEY,
ProductName VARCHAR(100),
Rate MONEY
)
GO
--Insert records into source table
INSERT INTO UpdatedProducts
VALUES
(1, 'Tea', 10.00),
(2, 'Coffee', 25.00),
(3, 'Muffin', 35.00),
(5, 'Pizza', 60.00)
GO
SELECT * FROM Products
SELECT * FROM UpdatedProducts
GO

SET IDENTITY_INSERT Products ON
--Synchronize the target table with
--refreshed data from source table
MERGE Products AS TARGET
USING UpdatedProducts AS SOURCE
ON (TARGET.ProductID = SOURCE.ProductID)
--When records are matched, update
--the records if there is any change
WHEN MATCHED AND TARGET.ProductName <> SOURCE.ProductName
OR TARGET.Rate <> SOURCE.Rate THEN
UPDATE SET TARGET.ProductName = SOURCE.ProductName,
TARGET.Rate = SOURCE.Rate
--When no records are matched, insert
--the incoming records from source
--table to target table
WHEN NOT MATCHED BY TARGET THEN
INSERT (ProductID, ProductName, Rate)
VALUES (SOURCE.ProductID, SOURCE.ProductName, SOURCE.Rate);
--When there is a row that exists in target table and
--same record does not exist in source table
--then delete this record from target table
SELECT @@ROWCOUNT;
GO
SET IDENTITY_INSERT Products OFF
GO

SELECT * FROM Products
SELECT * FROM UpdatedProducts

 

by: DanielWilsonPosted on 2009-11-06 at 08:04:21ID: 25760297

>>MERGE is brand new to me

yes, new for SQL 2008.  I haven't used it yet, so am trying to learn from Aneesh's post.

 

by: dbaSQLPosted on 2009-11-06 at 08:21:31ID: 25760479

beautiful aneesh!   the last one --

--When there is a row that exists in target table and
--same record does not exist in source table
--then delete this record from target table
 
will this suffice, down at the bottom, for the DELETE TARGET WHERE NOT EXISTS SOURCE, and how's my OUTPUT?  is that ok?

--When exists in target table but not source table then delete this record from target table
WHEN NOT MATCHED BY SOURCE THEN
DELETE
--$action specifies a column of type nvarchar(10)
--in the OUTPUT clause that returns one of three
--values for each row: 'INSERT', 'UPDATE', or 'DELETE',
--according to the action that was performed on that row
OUTPUT $action,
DELETED.ProductID AS TargetProductID,
DELETED.ProductName AS TargetProductName,
DELETED.Rate AS TargetRate,
INSERTED.ProductID AS SourceProductID,
INSERTED.ProductName AS SourceProductName,
INSERTED.Rate AS SourceRate;
SELECT @@ROWCOUNT;
SET IDENTITY_INSERT Products OFF;

 

by: dbaSQLPosted on 2009-11-06 at 08:28:18ID: 25760543

wow.  very cool.  i'm going to try it with my objects now.  back shortly.

 

by: dbaSQLPosted on 2009-11-06 at 08:48:09ID: 25760750

curious, though, my OUTPUT doesn't include UPDATED.ProductID, UPDATED.ProductName, etc.
Yet the UPDATE action was included in my OUTPUT

UPDATE      2      Coffee      20.00      2      Coffee      25.00
UPDATE      3      Muffin      30.00      3      Muffin      35.00
DELETE      4      Biscuit      40.00      NULL      NULL      NULL
INSERT      NULL      NULL      NULL      5      Pizza      60.00

why is that?

 

by: aneeshattingalPosted on 2009-11-06 at 08:50:28ID: 25760778

then what are these

UPDATE      2      Coffee      20.00      2      Coffee      25.00
UPDATE      3      Muffin      30.00      3      Muffin      35.00

 

by: dbaSQLPosted on 2009-11-06 at 08:52:47ID: 25760793

No.  When I said 'my OUTPUT doesn't include UPDATED.ProductID...'

I was referring to the OUTPUT $action:

OUTPUT $action,
DELETED.ProductID AS TargetProductID,
DELETED.ProductName AS TargetProductName,
DELETED.Rate AS TargetRate,
INSERTED.ProductID AS SourceProductID,
INSERTED.ProductName AS SourceProductName,
INSERTED.Rate AS SourceRate;


the UPDATES were in the actual OUTPUT results.  so i was just curious why that is

 

by: aneeshattingalPosted on 2009-11-06 at 08:59:45ID: 25760876

I think i dont really understood
DELETED.ProductID AS TargetProductID,   -- will be the updated productid
INSERTED.ProductID AS SourceProductID,

 

by: dbaSQLPosted on 2009-11-06 at 09:04:38ID: 25760923

aaaaaaaah.... the TargetProductID was updated, so it's gone, being referred to as DELETED
maybe i'm reading that right.  it worked.  it's my first, so i'm just trying to familiarize w/the construct

may I post a genericized version of my logic, aneesh?  for review?
(the above construct on my tables)

 

by: dbaSQLPosted on 2009-11-06 at 09:06:45ID: 25760947

i'm getting this:

Msg 4104, Level 16, State 1, Line 16
The multi-part identifier "SOURCE.oneofmyfields" could not be bound.

may i post it?

 

by: dbaSQLPosted on 2009-11-06 at 09:18:10ID: 25761026

I fixed that flaw.  attempting first run now.  back shortly w/details.  i would love to show you, if you don't mind, aneesh

wow.  it  f***** worked.    wow

serious wow

ok.  i have to run to a meeting.  back shortly to award and close.
but i'd also like to show you...  the code is below.  remember, it's my first one.  any insight or direction is HUGELY appreciated.

my counts before:
primary 565753
redundancy 564436
missing 1335
orphans 18

my counts after:
primary 565753
redundancy 565753
missing 0
orphans 0

runtime was :13

my SOURCE and TARGET are on two different servers, and in two physically different buildings

your thoughts?

SELECT COUNT(*) [primary] FROM primaryserver.database.dbo.table
SELECT COUNT(*) [redundancy] FROM dbo.table
SELECT COUNT(*) [missing] FROM (SELECT pkfield,uniqueidxfield1,uniqueidxfield2,uniqueidxfield3,uniqueidxfield4
	 FROM primaryserver.database.dbo.table
	 EXCEPT
	 SELECT pkfield,uniqueidxfield1,uniqueidxfield2,uniqueidxfield3,uniqueidxfield4
	 FROM dbo.table) X
SELECT COUNT(*) [orphans] FROM (SELECT pkfield,uniqueidxfield1,uniqueidxfield2,uniqueidxfield3,uniqueidxfield4
	 FROM dbo.table 
	 EXCEPT
	 SELECT pkfield,uniqueidxfield1,uniqueidxfield2,uniqueidxfield3,uniqueidxfield4
	 FROM primaryserver.database.dbo.table) X	 
 
SET IDENTITY_INSERT dbo.table ON
--Synchronize the target table with refreshed data from source table
MERGE dbo.table AS TARGET
USING primaryserver.database.dbo.table AS SOURCE 
ON (TARGET.pkfield = SOURCE.pkfield) 
--When records are matched, update the records if there is any change
WHEN MATCHED AND TARGET.uniqueidxfield1 <> SOURCE.uniqueidxfield1 OR TARGET.uniqueidxfield2 <> SOURCE.uniqueidxfield2 
OR TARGET.uniqueidxfield3 <> SOURCE.uniqueidxfield3 OR TARGET.uniqueidxfield4 <> SOURCE.uniqueidxfield4
OR .......the remaining updateable attributes
THEN UPDATE 
SET TARGET.uniqueidxfield1=SOURCE.uniqueidxfield1,TARGET.uniqueidxfield2=SOURCE.uniqueidxfield2,TARGET.uniqueidxfield3=SOURCE.uniqueidxfield3,
TARGET.uniqueidxfield4=SOURCE.uniqueidxfield4,.......the remaining updateable attributes
--When no records are matched, insert the incoming records from source table to target table
WHEN NOT MATCHED BY TARGET THEN 
INSERT (pkfield,uniqueidxfield1,uniqueidxfield2,uniqueidxfield3,uniqueidxfield4,.......remaining attributes) 
VALUES (SOURCE.pkfield,SOURCE.uniqueidxfield1,SOURCE.uniqueidxfield2,SOURCE.uniqueidxfield3,SOURCE.uniqueidxfield4,.......remaining attributes)
--When exists in target table but not source table then delete this record from target table
WHEN NOT MATCHED BY SOURCE THEN
DELETE
--$action specifies a column of type nvarchar(10) 
--in the OUTPUT clause that returns one of three 
--values for each row: 'INSERT', 'UPDATE', or 'DELETE', 
--according to the action that was performed on that row
OUTPUT $action, 
DELETED.pkfield AS TargetQHID, 
DELETED.uniqueidxfield1 AS Targetuniqueidxfield1, 
DELETED.uniqueidxfield2 AS Targetuniqueidxfield2, 
DELETED.uniqueidxfield3 AS Targetuniqueidxfield3,
DELETED.uniqueidxfield4 AS Targetuniqueidxfield4,
INSERTED.pkfield AS SourceQHID, 
INSERTED.uniqueidxfield1 AS Sourceuniqueidxfield1, 
INSERTED.uniqueidxfield2 AS Sourceuniqueidxfield2,
INSERTED.uniqueidxfield3 AS Sourceuniqueidxfield3,
INSERTED.uniqueidxfield4 AS Sourceuniqueidxfield4; 
SELECT @@ROWCOUNT;
SET IDENTITY_INSERT dbo.table OFF;
 
SELECT COUNT(*) [primary] FROM primaryserver.database.dbo.table
SELECT COUNT(*) [redundancy] FROM dbo.table
SELECT COUNT(*) [missing] FROM (SELECT pkfield,uniqueidxfield1,uniqueidxfield2,uniqueidxfield3,uniqueidxfield4
	 FROM primaryserver.database.dbo.table
	 EXCEPT
	 SELECT pkfield,uniqueidxfield1,uniqueidxfield2,uniqueidxfield3,uniqueidxfield4
	 FROM dbo.table) X
SELECT COUNT(*) [orphans] FROM (SELECT pkfield,uniqueidxfield1,uniqueidxfield2,uniqueidxfield3,uniqueidxfield4
	 FROM dbo.table 
	 EXCEPT
	 SELECT pkfield,uniqueidxfield1,uniqueidxfield2,uniqueidxfield3,uniqueidxfield4
	 FROM primaryserver.database.dbo.table) X	 
                                              
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by: dbaSQLPosted on 2009-11-06 at 10:46:10ID: 31651058

Excellent, aneesh!  Thank you very much for your input, and your time.  I would love your feedback on the code I've posted, but no need to keep the inquiry open.  You've helped me around the IDENTITY/MERGE problem.

sweet

 

by: dbaSQLPosted on 2009-11-09 at 07:08:35ID: 25776499

curious, aneesh, i tired to do the MERGE with a date parm, only intending to insert into target if missing, or delete from target, if orphans exist.  it ran waaaaay long, and blew out a bunch of data incorrectly, from the target

can i use a date in the MERGE ?
this suggest i can, but surely i've made an oversight
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb510625.aspx

field1 & field2 are the unique key.  field1 is also the date field

DECLARE @start DATETIME
SELECT @start = MAX(field1) FROM dbo.table
MERGE dbo.table AS TARGET
USING (SELECT field1,field2,field3,field4
FROM SOURCESERVER.DATABASE..dbo.table
WHERE field1 >= @start) AS SOURCE
ON (TARGET.field1 = SOURCE.field1 AND TARGET.field2 = SOURCE.field2)
--when records are not matched, then insert
WHEN NOT MATCHED BY TARGET THEN
INSERT (field1,field2,field3,field4)
VALUES (SOURCE.field1,SOURCE.field2,SOURCE.field3,SOURCE.field4)

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