Method: Sequel::MySQL::DatasetMethods#on_duplicate_key_update

Defined in:

lib/sequel/adapters/shared/mysql.rb

#on_duplicate_key_update(*args) ⇒ Object

Sets up the insert methods to use ON DUPLICATE KEY UPDATE If you pass no arguments, ALL fields will be updated with the new values. If you pass the fields you want then ONLY those field will be updated.

Useful if you have a unique key and want to update inserting rows that violate the unique key restriction.

dataset.on_duplicate_key_update.multi_insert(
 [{:name => 'a', :value => 1}, {:name => 'b', :value => 2}]
)
# INSERT INTO tablename (name, value) VALUES (a, 1), (b, 2)
# ON DUPLICATE KEY UPDATE name=VALUES(name), value=VALUES(value)

dataset.on_duplicate_key_update(:value).multi_insert(
  [{:name => 'a', :value => 1}, {:name => 'b', :value => 2}]
)
# INSERT INTO tablename (name, value) VALUES (a, 1), (b, 2)
# ON DUPLICATE KEY UPDATE value=VALUES(value)

# File 'lib/sequel/adapters/shared/mysql.rb', line 412

def on_duplicate_key_update(*args)
  clone(:on_duplicate_key_update => args)
end