Postgresql - Schone manier om records in te voegen als ze niet bestaan, update als ze dat wel doen

Ok, ik heb een testcase kunnen maken. Het resultaat is dat het update-gedeelte altijd wordt uitgevoerd, zelfs op een nieuwe insert. COPY lijkt het regelsysteem te omzeilen. [Voor de duidelijkheid heb ik dit in een apart antwoord gezet]

DROP TABLE pages CASCADE;
CREATE TABLE pages
    ( url VARCHAR NOT NULL  PRIMARY KEY
    , html VARCHAR
    , last TIMESTAMP
    );

INSERT INTO pages(url,html,last) VALUES ('www.example.com://page1' , 'meuk1' , '2001-09-18 23:30:00'::timestamp );

CREATE RULE Pages_Upsert AS ON INSERT TO pages
  WHERE EXISTS (SELECT 1 from pages P where NEW.url = P.url)
     DO INSTEAD (
     UPDATE pages SET html=new.html , last = NOW() WHERE url = NEW.url
    );

INSERT INTO pages(url,html,last) VALUES ('www.example.com://page2' , 'meuk2' , '2002-09-18 23:30:00':: timestamp );
INSERT INTO pages(url,html,last) VALUES ('www.example.com://page3' , 'meuk3' , '2003-09-18 23:30:00':: timestamp );

INSERT INTO pages(url,html,last) SELECT pp.url || '/added'::text, pp.html || '.html'::text , pp.last + interval '20 years' FROM pages pp;

COPY pages(url,html,last) FROM STDIN;
www.example.com://pageX     stdin   2000-09-18 23:30:00
\.

SELECT * FROM pages;

Het resultaat:

              url              |    html    |            last            
-------------------------------+------------+----------------------------
 www.example.com://page1       | meuk1      | 2001-09-18 23:30:00
 www.example.com://page2       | meuk2      | 2011-09-18 23:48:30.775373
 www.example.com://page3       | meuk3      | 2011-09-18 23:48:30.783758
 www.example.com://page1/added | meuk1.html | 2011-09-18 23:48:30.792097
 www.example.com://page2/added | meuk2.html | 2011-09-18 23:48:30.792097
 www.example.com://page3/added | meuk3.html | 2011-09-18 23:48:30.792097
 www.example.com://pageX       | stdin      | 2000-09-18 23:30:00
 (7 rows)

UPDATE:Gewoon om te bewijzen dat het kan:

INSERT INTO pages(url,html,last) VALUES ('www.example.com://page1' , 'meuk1' , '2001-09-18 23:30:00'::timestamp );
CREATE VIEW vpages AS (SELECT * from pages);

CREATE RULE Pages_Upsert AS ON INSERT TO vpages
  DO INSTEAD (
     UPDATE pages p0
     SET html=NEW.html , last = NOW() WHERE p0.url = NEW.url
    ;
     INSERT INTO pages (url,html,last)
    SELECT NEW.url, NEW.html, NEW.last
        WHERE NOT EXISTS ( SELECT * FROM pages p1 WHERE p1.url = NEW.url)
    );

CREATE RULE Pages_Indate AS ON UPDATE TO vpages
  DO INSTEAD (
     INSERT INTO pages (url,html,last)
    SELECT NEW.url, NEW.html, NEW.last
        WHERE NOT EXISTS ( SELECT * FROM pages p1 WHERE p1.url = OLD.url)
        ;
     UPDATE pages p0
     SET html=NEW.html , last = NEW.last WHERE p0.url = NEW.url
        ;
    );

INSERT INTO vpages(url,html,last) VALUES ('www.example.com://page2' , 'meuk2' , '2002-09-18 23:30:00':: timestamp );
INSERT INTO vpages(url,html,last) VALUES ('www.example.com://page3' , 'meuk3' , '2003-09-18 23:30:00':: timestamp );

INSERT INTO vpages(url,html,last) SELECT pp.url || '/added'::text, pp.html || '.html'::text , pp.last + interval '20 years' FROM vpages pp;
UPDATE vpages SET last = last + interval '-10 years' WHERE url = 'www.example.com://page1' ;

-- Copy does NOT work on views
-- COPY vpages(url,html,last) FROM STDIN;
-- www.example.com://pageX    stdin    2000-09-18 23:30:00
-- \.

SELECT * FROM vpages;

Resultaat:

INSERT 0 1
INSERT 0 1
INSERT 0 3
UPDATE 1
              url              |    html    |        last         
-------------------------------+------------+---------------------
 www.example.com://page2       | meuk2      | 2002-09-18 23:30:00
 www.example.com://page3       | meuk3      | 2003-09-18 23:30:00
 www.example.com://page1/added | meuk1.html | 2021-09-18 23:30:00
 www.example.com://page2/added | meuk2.html | 2022-09-18 23:30:00
 www.example.com://page3/added | meuk3.html | 2023-09-18 23:30:00
 www.example.com://page1       | meuk1      | 1991-09-18 23:30:00
(6 rows)

De weergave is nodig om te voorkomen dat het herschrijfsysteem in recursie gaat. Het opstellen van een DELETE-regel wordt als een oefening aan de lezer overgelaten.