MERGE

Invocation

This statement can be embedded in an application program or issued interactively. It is an executable statement that can be dynamically prepared. It is not allowed in a REXX procedure.

Authorization

The privileges held by the authorization ID of the statement must include at least one of the following:

• Database administrator authority
• If an insert operation is specified:
  • The INSERT privilege on the table or view, and
  • The system authority *EXECUTE on the library containing the table or view
• If a delete operation is specified:
  • The DELETE privilege on the table or view, and
  • The system authority *EXECUTE on the library containing the table or view
• If an update operation is specified:
  • The UPDATE privilege on the table or view or
  • The UPDATE privilege on each column to be updated; and
  • The system authority *EXECUTE on the library containing the table or view

If search-condition, insert-operation, or assignment-clause includes a fullselect, the privileges held by the authorization ID of the statement must also include at least one of the following:

• For each table or view identified in the fullselect:
  • The SELECT privilege on the table or view, and
  • The system authority *EXECUTE on the library containing the table or view
• Database administrator authority

If table-reference contains any query that references a column of a table or view, the privileges held by the authorization ID of the statement must also include at least one of the following:

• For each table or view identified in the fullselect:
  • The SELECT privilege on the table or view, and
  • The system authority *EXECUTE on the library containing the table or view
• Database administrator authority

For information about the system authorities corresponding to SQL privileges, see Corresponding System Authorities When Checking Privileges to a Table or View.

Description

table-name or view-name

Identifies the target of the update, insert, and delete operations of the merge. The name must identify a table or view that exists at the current server, but it must not identify a catalog table, a view of a catalog table, a read-only view, or a non-deletable view independent of any INSTEAD OF triggers defined for it. If table-name identifies a history table, no update or insert operations can be specified for the MERGE statement.

AS correlation-name

Can be used within search-condition, matching-condition, or on the right side of an assignment-clause to designate the target table or view. The correlation-name is used to qualify references to the columns of the table or view. When a correlation-name is specified, column-names can also be specified to give names to the columns of the table-name or view-name. If a column list is specified, there must be a name in the column list for each column in the table or view. For more information, see Correlation names

USING table-reference

Specifies a set of rows as a result table to be merged into the target. If the result table is empty, a warning is returned.

ON search-condition

Specifies the predicates used to determine whether a row from source-table matches rows in the target table.

Each column-name in the search-condition, other than in a subquery, must name a column of the target table or view or the table-reference. When the search condition includes a subquery in which the same table is the base object of both the merge and the subquery, the subquery is completely evaluated before any rows are updated or inserted.

Logically, a right join is performed between the target table and the table-reference using the ON search-condition. For those rows of the join result table where the search condition is true, the specified update or delete operation is performed. For those rows of the join result table where the search condition is not true, the specified insert operation is performed.

The search-condition cannot contain a quantified subquery, IN predicate with a subselect, or EXISTS subquery. It can contain basic predicate subqueries or scalar-fullselects. It cannot contain expressions that use aggregate functions or non-deterministic scalar functions.

WHEN matching-condition

Specifies the condition under which the update-operation, delete-operation, insert-operation, or the signal-statement is executed. Each matching-condition is evaluated in order of specification. Rows for which the matching-condition evaluates to true are not considered in subsequent matching conditions.

MATCHED

Indicates the operation to be performed on the rows where the ON search-condition is true. Only UPDATE, DELETE, or signal-statement can be specified after THEN.

AND search-condition

Specifies a further search condition to be applied against the rows that matched the ON search condition for the operation to be performed after THEN.

The search-condition must not include a subquery in an EXISTS or IN predicate.

NOT MATCHED

Indicates the operation to be performed on the rows where the ON search-condition is false or unknown. Only INSERT or signal-statement can be specified after THEN.

AND search-condition

Specifies a further search condition to be applied against the rows that did not match the ON search condition for the operation to be performed after THEN.

The search-condition must not include a subquery in an EXISTS or IN predicate.

THEN

Specifies the operation to execute when the matching-condition evaluates to true.

update-operation

Specifies the update operation to be executed for the rows where the matching-condition evaluates to true.

assignment-clause

Specifies a list of column updates.

column-name

Identifies a column to be updated. The column-name must identify a column of the target table or view. The column-name must not identify a view column derived from a scalar function, constant, or expression. A column name must not be specified more than once.

A view column derived from the same column as another column of the view can be updated, but both columns cannot be updated in the same MERGE statement.

ROW

Identifies all the columns of the target table or view except for columns defined with the hidden attribute. If a view is specified, none of the columns of the view may be derived from a scalar function, constant, or expression.

The number of expressions, NULLs, and DEFAULTs (or the number of result columns from a row-fullselect) must match the number of columns in the row.

ROW may not be specified for a view that contains a view column derived from the same column as another column of the view, because both columns cannot be updated in the same UPDATE.

expression

Indicates the new value of the column. The expression must not include an aggregate function except when it occurs within a scalar fullselect.

The expression can contain references to columns of the target table-name or view-name. For each row that is updated, the value of a target column reference in an expression is the value of the column in the row before the row is updated.

If expression is a reference to a single column of the source table, the source table column value may have been specified with an extended indicator value. The effects of extended indicator values apply to the corresponding target columns of the assignment-clause.

When extended indicators are enabled, the extended indicator values of DEFAULT (-5) or UNASSIGNED (-7) must not be used if expression is more complex than the following references:

• A single column of the source table
• A single host variable

DEFAULT

Specifies that the default value is assigned to the column. DEFAULT can be specified only for columns that have a default value. For more information about default values, see the description of the DEFAULT clause in CREATE TABLE.

DEFAULT must be specified for a column that was defined as GENERATED ALWAYS unless OVERRIDING USER VALUE is specified to indicate that any user-specified value will be ignored and a unique system-generated value will be used. A valid value can be specified for a column that was defined as GENERATED BY DEFAULT.

NULL

Specifies the null value as the new value of the column. Specify NULL only for nullable columns.

delete-operation

Specifies the delete operation to be executed for the rows where the matching-condition evaluates to true.

insert-operation

Specifies the insert operation to be executed for the rows where the matching-condition evaluates to true.

INSERT

Introduces a list of column names and row value expressions to be used for the insert operation.

The number of values in the row value expression must equal the number of names in the implicit or explicit insert column list. The first value is inserted in the first column in the list, the second value in the second column, and so on.

(column-name,…)

Specifies the columns for which insert values are provided. Each name must be a name that identifies a column of the table or view. The same column must not be identified more than once. If extended indicators are not enabled, a view column that is not updatable must not be identified. If extended indicators are not enabled and the object of the insert operation is a view with non-updatable columns, a list of column names must be specified and the list must not identify those columns. For an explanation of updatable columns in views, see CREATE VIEW.

Omission of the column list is an implicit specification of a list in which every column of the table or view is identified in left-to-right order. Any columns defined with the hidden attribute are omitted. This list is established when the statement is prepared and, therefore, does not include columns that were added to a table after the statement was prepared.

VALUES

Specifies a new row to be inserted.

Each variable in the clause must identify a variable that is declared in accordance with the rules for declaring variables. A host structure cannot be used. For further information about variables, see References to host variables.

expression

An expression of the type described in Expressions, that does not include an aggregate function or column name.

When extended indicators are enabled, the extended indicator values of DEFAULT (-5) or UNASSIGNED (-7) must not be used if expression is more complex than the following references:

• A single column of the source table
• A single host variable
• A host variable being explicitly cast

DEFAULT

Specifies that the default value is assigned to the column. DEFAULT can be specified only for columns that have a default value. For more information about default values, see the description of the DEFAULT clause in CREATE TABLE.

DEFAULT must be specified for a column that was defined as GENERATED ALWAYS unless OVERRIDING USER VALUE is specified to indicate that any user-specified value will be ignored and a unique system-generated value will be used. A valid value can be specified for a column that was defined as GENERATED BY DEFAULT.

NULL

Specifies the value for a column is the null value. NULL should only be specified for nullable columns.

OVERRIDING SYSTEM VALUE or OVERRIDING USER VALUE

Specifies whether system generated values or user-specified values for a ROWID, identity, or row change timestamp column are used. If OVERRIDING SYSTEM VALUE is specified, the implicit or explicit list of columns for the INSERT or the SET clause of the UPDATE must contain a ROWID, identity, or row change timestamp column defined as GENERATED ALWAYS. If OVERRIDING USER VALUE is specified, the implicit or explicit list of columns for the INSERT or the SET clause of the UPDATE must contain a column defined as either GENERATED ALWAYS or GENERATED BY DEFAULT.

OVERRIDING SYSTEM VALUE

Specifies that the value specified in the VALUES or SET clause for a column that is defined as GENERATED ALWAYS is used. A system-generated value is not used.

If a value for a row-begin, row-end, transaction-start-ID, or generated expression column is provided, it must be DEFAULT.

OVERRIDING USER VALUE

Specifies that the value specified in the VALUES or SET clause for a column that is defined as either GENERATED ALWAYS or GENERATED BY DEFAULT is ignored. Instead, a system-generated value is used, overriding the user-specified value.

If neither OVERRIDING SYSTEM VALUE nor OVERRIDING USER VALUE is specified:

• A value cannot be specified for a ROWID, identity, row change timestamp, row-begin, row-end, transaction-start-ID, or generated expression column that is defined as GENERATED ALWAYS.
• A value can be specified for a ROWID, identity, or row change timestamp column that is defined as GENERATED BY DEFAULT. If a value is specified, that value is assigned to the column. However, a value can be assigned to a ROWID column defined BY DEFAULT only if the specified value is a valid row ID value that was previously generated by Db2® for z/OS® or Db2 for i. When a value is inserted or updated for an identity or row change timestamp column defined BY DEFAULT, the database manager does not verify that the specified value is a unique value for the column unless the identity or row change timestamp column is the sole key in a unique constraint or unique index. Without a unique constraint or unique index, the database manager can guarantee unique values only among the set of system-generated values as long as NO CYCLE is in effect.

  If a value is not specified the database manager generates a new value.

signal-statement

Specifies the SIGNAL statement that is to be executed to return an error when the matching-condition evaluates to true. See SIGNAL.

ELSE IGNORE

Specifies that no action is to be taken when the matching-condition for all WHEN clauses is false for a row in the USING table-reference. No action is taken in this case whether or not ELSE IGNORE is specified.

ATOMIC or NOT ATOMIC

Specifies how to handle errors.

ATOMIC

Specifies that if an error occurs during a update-operation, delete-operation, or insert-operation, the entire MERGE statement is rolled back. ATOMIC is only honored when the statement is run with an isolation level other than No Commit.

NOT ATOMIC

Specifies that if an error occurs during a update-operation, delete-operation, or insert-operation, only that update-operation, delete-operation, or insert-operation is rolled back.

STOP ON SQL EXCEPTION

Specifies that if an error occurs during a update-operation, delete-operation, or insert-operation, the processing of the MERGE statement stops.

CONTINUE ON SQL EXCEPTION

Specifies that if an error occurs during a update-operation, delete-operation, or insert-operation, the processing of the MERGE statement continues.

isolation-clause

Specifies the isolation level to be used for this statement.

WITH

Introduces the isolation level, which may be one of:

• RR Repeatable read
• RS Read stability
• CS Cursor stability
• UR Uncommitted read
• NC No commit

If isolation-clause is not specified the default isolation is used. See isolation-clause for a description of how the default is determined.

concurrent-access-resolution-clause

Specifies the concurrent access resolution to use for the select statement. For more information, see concurrent-access-resolution-clause.

MERGE Rules

Extended indicator usage: When extended indicators are enabled, indicator values other than positive values and 0 (zero) through -7 must not be set. The DEFAULT and UNASSIGNED extended indicator values must not appear in contexts where they are not supported.

Extended indicators: In an update operation of the MERGE statement:

• An extended indicator value of UNASSIGNED has the effect of leaving the target column set to its current value, as if it had not been specified in the statement.
• An extended indicator value of DEFAULT must not be specified for a row-begin, row-end, transaction-start-ID, or generated expression column.
• An extended indicator value of UNASSIGNED must not be assigned to all of the target columns.

In an insert portion of the MERGE statement, the extended indicator value of UNASSIGNED has the effect of setting the column to its default value.

MERGE restriction: If the target table of the MERGE statement has triggers or is the parent in a referential integrity constraint, the update-operation or insert-operation must not contain a global variable, a function, or a subselect.

Notes

Examples

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)

MERGE INTO inventory AS in
  USING (SELECT partno, description, count FROM shipment
           WHERE shipment.partno IS NOT NULL) AS sh
  ON (in.partno = sh.partno)
  WHEN MATCHED THEN 
    UPDATE SET description = sh.description,
               quantity = in.quantity + sh.count
  WHEN NOT MATCHED THEN
    INSERT (partno, description, quantity)
           VALUES (sh.partno, sh.description, sh.count)

MERGE INTO account AS a
    USING (SELECT id, SUM(amount) sum_amount FROM transaction
             GROUP BY id) AS t
    ON a.id = t.id
    WHEN MATCHED THEN 
      UPDATE SET balance = a.balance + t.sum_amount
    WHEN NOT MATCHED THEN
      INSERT (id, balance) VALUES (t.id, t.sum_amount)

MERGE INTO employee_file AS e
  USING (SELECT empid, phone, office 
              FROM (SELECT empid, phone, office, 
                           ROW_NUMBER() OVER (PARTITION BY empid
                                              ORDER BY transaction_time DESC) rn
                    FROM transaction_log) AS nt
              WHERE rn = 1) AS t
  ON e.empid = t.empid
  WHEN MATCHED THEN 
    UPDATE SET (phone, office) = (t.phone, t.office)
  WHEN NOT MATCHED THEN
    INSERT (empid, phone, office) 
           VALUES(t.empid, t.phone, t.office)    

hv1 =
"MERGE INTO employee AS t
   USING (VALUES(CAST(? AS CHAR(6)), CAST(? AS VARCHAR(12)),
                      CAST(? AS CHAR(1)), CAST(? AS VARCHAR(15)),
                      CAST(? AS SMALLINT), CAST(? AS INTEGER)))
          s (empno, firstnme, midinit, lastname, edlevel, salary)
   ON t.empno = s.empno
   WHEN MATCHED THEN
     UPDATE SET salary = s.salary
   WHEN NOT MATCHED THEN 
     INSERT (empno, firstnme, midinit, lastname, edlevel, salary)
            VALUES (s.empno, s.firstnme, s.midinit, s.lastname, s.edlevel,
                    s.salary)";
EXEC SQL PREPARE s1 FROM :hv1;
EXEC SQL EXECUTE s1 USING :hv2, :hv3, :hv4, :hv5, :hv6, :hv7;

MERGE INTO archive ar
  USING (SELECT activity, description, date, last_modified
           FROM activities_groupA) ac
  ON (ar.activity = ac.activity) AND ar.group = 'A'
  WHEN MATCHED AND ac.date IS NULL THEN
    SIGNAL SQLSTATE '70001'
           SET MESSAGE_TEXT = 'Activity cannot be modified.  Reason: date is not known'
  WHEN MATCHED and ac.date < CURRENT DATE THEN 
    DELETE
  WHEN MATCHED AND ar.last_modified < ac.last_modified THEN
    UPDATE SET (description, date, last_modified)
              = (ac.description, ac.date, DEFAULT)
  WHEN NOT MATCHED AND ac.date IS NULL THEN
    SIGNAL SQLSTATE '70002'
           SET MESSAGE_TEXT = 'Activity cannot be inserted.  Reason: date is not known'

  WHEN NOT MATCHED AND ac.date >= CURRENT DATE THEN
    INSERT (group, activity, description, date)
           VALUES ('A', ac.activity, ac.description, ac.date)
  ELSE IGNORE