Oracle9i引入了MERGE命令,你能夠在一個SQL語句中對一個表同時(shí)執(zhí)行inserts和updates操作. MERGE命令從一個或多個數(shù)據(jù)源中選擇行來updating或inserting到一個或多個表.在Oracle 10g中MERGE有如下一些改進(jìn): 1、UPDATE或INSERT子句是可選的 2、UPDATE和INSERT子句可以加WHERE子句 3、在ON條件中使用常量過濾謂詞來insert所有的行到目標(biāo)表中,不需要連接源表和目標(biāo)表 4、UPDATE子句后面可以跟DELETE子句來去除一些不需要的行 首先創(chuàng)建示例表: 
            create table PRODUCTS    (    PRODUCT_ID INTEGER,    PRODUCT_NAME VARCHAR2(60),    CATEGORY VARCHAR2(60)    );    insert into PRODUCTS values (1501, 'VIVITAR 35MM', 'ELECTRNCS');    insert into PRODUCTS values (1502, 'OLYMPUS IS50', 'ELECTRNCS');    insert into PRODUCTS values (1600, 'PLAY GYM', 'TOYS');    insert into PRODUCTS values (1601, 'LAMAZE', 'TOYS');    insert into PRODUCTS values (1666, 'HARRY POTTER', 'DVD');    commit;    create table NEWPRODUCTS    (    PRODUCT_ID INTEGER,    PRODUCT_NAME VARCHAR2(60),    CATEGORY VARCHAR2(60)    );    insert into NEWPRODUCTS values (1502, 'OLYMPUS CAMERA', 'ELECTRNCS');    insert into NEWPRODUCTS values (1601, 'LAMAZE', 'TOYS');    insert into NEWPRODUCTS values (1666, 'HARRY POTTER', 'TOYS');    insert into NEWPRODUCTS values (1700, 'WAIT INTERFACE', 'BOOKS');          commit;      1、可省略的UPDATE或INSERT子句 在Oracle 9i, MERGE語句要求你必須同時(shí)指定INSERT和UPDATE子句.而在Oracle 10g, 你可以省略UPDATE或INSERT子句中的一個. 下面的例子根據(jù)表NEWPRODUCTS的PRODUCT_ID字段是否匹配來updates表PRODUCTS的信息:            SQL> MERGE INTO products p    2 USING newproducts np    3 ON (p.product_id = np.product_id)    4 WHEN MATCHED THEN    5 UPDATE    6 SET p.product_name = np.product_name,    7 p.category = np.category;    3 rows merged.    SQL> SELECT * FROM products;    PRODUCT_ID PRODUCT_NAME CATEGORY    ---------- -------------------- ----------    1501 VIVITAR 35MM ELECTRNCS    1502 OLYMPUS CAMERA ELECTRNCS    1600 PLAY GYM TOYS    1601 LAMAZE TOYS    1666 HARRY POTTER TOYS    SQL>    SQL> ROLLBACK;    Rollback complete.          SQL>        在上面例子中, MERGE語句影響到是產(chǎn)品id為1502, 1601和1666的行. 它們的產(chǎn)品名字和種 類被更新為表newproducts中的值. 下面例子省略UPDATE子句, 把表NEWPRODUCTS中新的PRODUCT_ID插入到表PRODUCTS中, 對于在兩個表中能夠匹配上PRODUCT_ID的數(shù)據(jù)不作任何處理. 從這個例子你能看到PRODUCT_ID=1700的行被插入到表PRODUCTS中. 
            SQL> MERGE INTO products p    2 USING newproducts np    3 ON (p.product_id = np.product_id)    4 WHEN NOT MATCHED THEN    5 INSERT    6 VALUES (np.product_id, np.product_name,    7 np.category);    1 row merged.    SQL> SELECT * FROM products;    PRODUCT_ID PRODUCT_NAME CATEGORY    ---------- -------------------- ----------
                             1501 VIVITAR 35MM ELECTRNCS    1502 OLYMPUS IS50 ELECTRNCS    1600 PLAY GYM TOYS    1601 LAMAZE TOYS    1666 HARRY POTTER DVD          1700 WAIT INTERFACE BOOKS      2、帶條件的Updates和Inserts子句 你能夠添加WHERE子句到UPDATE或INSERT子句中去, 來跳過update或insert操作對某些行的處理. 下面例子根據(jù)表NEWPRODUCTS來更新表PRODUCTS數(shù)據(jù), 但必須字段CATEGORY也得同時(shí)匹配上:
            SQL> MERGE INTO products p    2 USING newproducts np    3 ON (p.product_id = np.product_id)    4 WHEN MATCHED THEN    5 UPDATE    6 SET p.product_name = np.product_name    7 WHERE p.category = np.category;    2 rows merged.    SQL> SELECT * FROM products;    PRODUCT_ID PRODUCT_NAME CATEGORY    ---------- -------------------- ----------    1501 VIVITAR 35MM ELECTRNCS    1502 OLYMPUS CAMERA ELECTRNCS    1600 PLAY GYM TOYS    1601 LAMAZE TOYS    1666 HARRY POTTER DVD    SQL>          SQL> rollback;      在這個例子中, 產(chǎn)品ID為1502,1601和1666匹配ON條件但是1666的category不匹配. 因此MERGE命令只更新兩行數(shù)據(jù). 下面例子展示了在Updates和Inserts子句都使用WHERE子句:             SQL> MERGE INTO products p    2 USING newproducts np    3 ON (p.product_id = np.product_id)    4 WHEN MATCHED THEN    5 UPDATE    6 SET p.product_name = np.product_name,    7 p.category = np.category    8 WHERE p.category = 'DVD'    9 WHEN NOT MATCHED THEN    10 INSERT    11 VALUES (np.product_id, np.product_name, np.category)    12 WHERE np.category != 'BOOKS'    SQL> /    1 row merged.    SQL> SELECT * FROM products;    PRODUCT_ID PRODUCT_NAME CATEGORY    ---------- -------------------- ----------    1501 VIVITAR 35MM ELECTRNCS    1502 OLYMPUS IS50 ELECTRNCS    1600 PLAY GYM TOYS    1601 LAMAZE TOYS    1666 HARRY POTTER TOYS          SQL>      注重由于有WHERE子句INSERT沒有插入所有不匹配ON條件的行到表PRODUCTS.   3、無條件的Inserts 你能夠不用連接源表和目標(biāo)表就把源表的數(shù)據(jù)插入到目標(biāo)表中. 這對于你想插入所有行到目標(biāo)表時(shí)是非常有用的. Oracle 10g現(xiàn)在支持在ON條件中使用常量過濾謂詞. 舉個常量過濾謂詞例子ON (1=0). 下面例子從源表插入行到表PRODUCTS, 不檢查這些行是否在表PRODUCTS中存在:
            SQL> MERGE INTO products p    2 USING newproducts np    3 ON (1=0)    4 WHEN NOT MATCHED THEN    5 INSERT    6 VALUES (np.product_id, np.product_name, np.category)    7 WHERE np.category = 'BOOKS'    SQL> /    1 row merged.    SQL> SELECT * FROM products;    PRODUCT_ID PRODUCT_NAME CATEGORY    ---------- -------------------- ----------    1501 VIVITAR 35MM ELECTRNCS    1502 OLYMPUS IS50 ELECTRNCS    1600 PLAY GYM TOYS    1601 LAMAZE TOYS    1666 HARRY POTTER DVD    1700 WAIT INTERFACE BOOKS    6 rows selected.          SQL>      4、新增加的DELETE子句 Oracle 10g中的MERGE提供了在執(zhí)行數(shù)據(jù)操作時(shí)清除行的選項(xiàng). 你能夠在WHEN MATCHED THEN UPDATE子句中包含DELETE子句. DELETE子句必須有一個WHERE條件來刪除匹配某些條件的行.匹配DELETE WHERE條件但不匹配ON條件的行不會被從表中刪除. 
                         下面例子驗(yàn)證DELETE子句. 我們從表NEWPRODUCTS中合并行到表PRODUCTS中, 但刪除category為ELECTRNCS的行.             SQL> MERGE INTO products p    2 USING newproducts np    3 ON (p.product_id = np.product_id)    4 WHEN MATCHED THEN    5 UPDATE    6 SET p.product_name = np.product_name,    7 p.category = np.category    8 DELETE WHERE (p.category = 'ELECTRNCS')    9 WHEN NOT MATCHED THEN    10 INSERT    11 VALUES (np.product_id, np.product_name, np.category)    SQL> /    4 rows merged.    SQL> SELECT * FROM products;    PRODUCT_ID PRODUCT_NAME CATEGORY    ---------- -------------------- ----------    1501 VIVITAR 35MM ELECTRNCS    1600 PLAY GYM TOYS    1601 LAMAZE TOYS    1666 HARRY POTTER TOYS    1700 WAIT INTERFACE BOOKS          SQL>      產(chǎn)品ID為1502的行從表PRODUCTS中被刪除, 因?yàn)樗瑫r(shí)匹配ON條件和DELETE WHERE條件. 產(chǎn)品ID為1501的行匹配DELETE WHERE條件但不匹配ON條件, 所以它沒有被刪除. 產(chǎn)品ID為1700 的行不匹配ON條件, 所以被插入表PRODUCTS. 產(chǎn)品ID為1601和1666的行匹配ON條件但不匹配DELETE WHERE條件, 所以被更新為表NEWPRODUCTS中的值.