simple merge program

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simple merge program

Anand BI Developer

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July 4, 2016 at 3:59 am

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Hi friends ,
while i am running this simple merge program , there is an error like
' The insert column list used in the MERGE statement cannot contain multi-part identifiers. Use single part identifiers instead '
-- i have write a codings also below for your refference :
create table merge_table(id int , name varchar(25) ,age int );
create table merge_table1(id int , name varchar(25) ,age int );
insert into merge_table values(1 , 'Anand' , 25) ;
insert into merge_table values(2 , 'BALA' , 25) ;
insert into merge_table values(3 , 'JP' , 25)
merge into merge_table1
using merge_table
on merge_table.id = merge_table1.id
when MATCHED then
update setmerge_table1.name = merge_table.name ,
merge_table1.age = merge_table.age
when not matched then
insert (merge_table1.id , merge_table1.name , merge_table1.age)
values (merge_table.id , merge_table.name , merge_table.age);

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Neil Burton SSC-Insane Points: 23001 More actions · Answer 1

Anandkumar-SQL_Developer (7/4/2016)
Hi friends ,
while i am running this simple merge program , there is an error like
' The insert column list used in the MERGE statement cannot contain multi-part identifiers. Use single part identifiers instead '
-- i have write a codings also below for your refference :
create table merge_table(id int , name varchar(25) ,age int );
create table merge_table1(id int , name varchar(25) ,age int );
insert into merge_table values(1 , 'Anand' , 25) ;
insert into merge_table values(2 , 'BALA' , 25) ;
insert into merge_table values(3 , 'JP' , 25)
merge into merge_table1
using merge_table
on merge_table.id = merge_table1.id
when MATCHED then
update setmerge_table1.name = merge_table.name ,
merge_table1.age = merge_table.age
when not matched then
insert (merge_table1.id , merge_table1.name , merge_table1.age) --This line
values (merge_table.id , merge_table.name , merge_table.age);

You only need to list the column names that you are inserting, not their sources. If you change the line I've marked to be

insert (id , name , age)

It should work.

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Umer Akram SSC-Insane Points: 22209 More actions · Answer 2

Cause of the issue is the following query:

insert (merge_table1.id , merge_table1.name , merge_table1.age)

values (merge_table.id , merge_table.name , merge_table.age);

you need to change this into:

insert (id , name , age)

values (merge_table.id , merge_table.name , merge_table.age);

Complete will look like this:

merge into merge_table1

using merge_table

on merge_table.id = merge_table1.id

when MATCHED then

update set merge_table1.name = merge_table.name ,

merge_table1.age = merge_table.age

when not matched then

insert (id , name , age)

values (merge_table.id , merge_table.name , merge_table.age);

Anand BI Developer SSCommitted Points: 1772 More actions · Answer 3

Dear BWFC & Dear Twin.devil ,

Thanks a lot for your valuable Time . Now i understood clearly .., where i made mistake.