Can an insert or update be done without a merge with ADO.NET?

Hi VBBRett,
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what do you mean with merging them?
do you mean 2 tables in different databases? then you can open 2 connections and use the datareader and commandobject to update or insert as needed

for example i have a process reading in a textfile that returns a datatable
then i use that datatable to update or insert records in a SQL db

this is done with no 'merging' as far as i know

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bruintje
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Use two SqlCommands objects to update each table

Yes, you may be able to... provided that you perform a bit of magic

If you are certain that there won't be any primary key collisions, then the task is kinda easy...

DataAdapterOne.Fill(DataTableOne)
DataAdapterTwo.Fill(DataTableTwo)

' change the row state to "Added"
for each dr as DataRow in DataTableOne.Rows
       dr.SetAdded        ' new to v2.0
next

' assuming you've got a commandbuilder or other way to create the insert commands
DataAdatperTwo.Update(DataTableOne)

When colisions are anticipated, then the middle part gets a bit complicated

for each dr as DataRow in DataTableOne.Rows
       if DataTableTwo.Contains(dr.colums(0)) then  ' assumes primary key is in col 0
            dr.SetModified       ' new to v2.0
       else
            dr.SetAdded        ' new to v2.0
       end if
next

PS:  Example was typed "by hand"

Would you be able to show me how this is done if I give you my code?  here is my code in case you want to modify it.  I'd really apprecaite it.  I didn't show the whole function, just the most important parts to the code.  Thank you once again!

If conn_string.State = ConnectionState.Open Then
                MsgBox("The connection string has connected to the source.")
            Else
                MsgBox("Unable to connect")
            End If


            'The data adapter fills the dataset with the table information from the database
            da.Fill(ds)
            ' da.Fill(ds, "Test_NIP_Valuation_nonproduction")
            da.Fill(dt)

            Dim tester As String
            Dim field1, field2, field3, field4, field5, field6, field7, field8, field9, field10 As String
            Dim field11, field12, field13, field14, field15, field16, field17, field18, field19, field20 As String
            Dim row As DataRow

            Dim retInt As Integer
            Dim count As Integer = 0
            For Each row In ds.Tables(0).Rows

                tester = "insert into jhirniak.NIP_Valuation(LOB, PolicyNO, OccuranceNO, PolOccNo" & _
                "PolComm, LossDay, CAT, RiskState, FirstNotice, ValnMo, AccYr, PdIndem, PdALAE" & _
                "OSIndem, OSALAE, IncdIndem, IncdALAE, IncdLandALAE, Insured, LossDescription" & _
                "Select '" & row.Item("LOB").ToString & ", '" & row.Item("Pol #").ToString & "', '" & _
                row.Item("Occ #").ToString & "', '" & row.Item("Pol Occ #").ToString & "', '" & _
                row.Item("Pol Comm").ToString & "', '" & row.Item("Loss Day").ToString & "', " & _
                row.Item("RiskState").ToString & ", '" & row.Item("First Notice").ToString & "', '" & _
                row.Item("Valn Mo").ToString & "', '" & row.Item("Acc Yr").ToString & "', " & _
                row.Item("PdIndem").ToString & ", '" & row.Item("PdALAE").ToString & ", " & _
                row.Item("OS Indem").ToString & ", " & row.Item("OS ALAE").ToString & ", " & _
                row.Item("IncdIndem").ToString & ", " & row.Item("IncdALAE").ToString & ", " & _
                row.Item("Incd L&ALAE").ToString & ", " & row.Item("Insured").ToString & ", " & _
                row.Item("Loss Description") & "FROM " & Sheetvar & _
                "WHERE NOT EXISTS "







                'row.Item("LOB").ToString & _
                '               row.Item("Pol #").ToString & _
                '              row.Item("Occ #").ToString & _
                '             row.Item("Pol Occ #").ToString & _
                '            row.Item("Pol Comm").ToString & _
                '           row.Item("Loss Day").ToString & _
                '          row.Item("RiskState").ToString & _
                '         row.Item("First Notice").ToString & _
                '        row.Item("Valn Mo").ToString & _
                '       row.Item("Acc Yr").ToString()

                count = count + 1


                If retInt = 1 Then Continue For
                'build update


                MsgBox(tester)
                row.SetAdded()
            Next




        End If

I had a thought....  this is probably about the same as doing a Merge operation.   In fact, a merge will probably be a lot faster (particularly if you have to leave in the code that checks for duplicates).

So, what was wrong with doing a Merge to begin with?

I would get an error with doing a merge.  It did not work.  All I need is an insert.

just curious... what kind of error?

The only failure that I can imagine is a schema-related error or lack of a primary key, etc.   If so, then I'd bet the error will return using my example above

Well, I remember looking up the error, and I was told when I did some searching that the table name, the field name, and the datatypes have to be exactly the same...otherwise the command would not execute.