Re: SQL Merge vs. CPYF MBROPT(*UPDADD)

Scott,

Sounds like you wanted an *ADDNEW vs. *UPDADD....so sure merger might make
sense. I'll readily agree that MERGE is much more powerful than CPYF
*UPDADD.

But the original question assuming CPYF *UPDADD fits your needs, is there
any reason to use MERGE?

Charles


On Mon, Feb 3, 2014 at 5:14 PM, Scott Mildenberger <
SMildenberger@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

How about the capability to do an IGNORE? I have a web service that I
retrieve records from, some of the records are duplicates due to how a GPS
generates records. I use a MERGE statement to INSERT if the record doesn't
already exist and to IGNORE it if it is already in the database. Obviously
there are other ways to handle this but the MERGE seemed cleaner to me.

Scott

-----Original Message-----
From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:
midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Charles Wilt
Sent: Monday, February 03, 2014 2:14 PM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: SQL Merge vs. CPYF MBROPT(*UPDADD)

I'm glad that DB2 for i finally got the SQL MERGER statement...

And I see that it offers lot's of functionality...

However, for a basic merge ie.
MERGE INTO archive ar
USING (SELECT activity, description FROM activities) ac ON (ar.activity =
ac.activity) WHEN MATCHED THEN UPDATE SET description = ac.description WHEN
NOT MATCHED THEN INSERT (activity, description) VALUES(ac.activity,
ac.description)

I don't really see any benefits over CPYF MBROPT(*UPDADD) FMT(*MAPDROP).
Other than perhaps the ability to use commitment control with merge.

Am I missing anything?

Charles
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