Postgresql - Ren måde at indsætte poster på, hvis de ikke eksisterer, opdater, hvis de gør

Ok, det lykkedes mig at lave en testcase. Resultatet er, at opdateringsdelen altid udføres, selv på et nyt indlæg. COPY ser ud til at omgå regelsystemet.[For klarhedens skyld har jeg indsat dette i et separat svar]

DROP TABLE pages CASCADE;
CREATE TABLE pages
    ( url VARCHAR NOT NULL  PRIMARY KEY
    , html VARCHAR
    , last TIMESTAMP
    );

INSERT INTO pages(url,html,last) VALUES ('www.example.com://page1' , 'meuk1' , '2001-09-18 23:30:00'::timestamp );

CREATE RULE Pages_Upsert AS ON INSERT TO pages
  WHERE EXISTS (SELECT 1 from pages P where NEW.url = P.url)
     DO INSTEAD (
     UPDATE pages SET html=new.html , last = NOW() WHERE url = NEW.url
    );

INSERT INTO pages(url,html,last) VALUES ('www.example.com://page2' , 'meuk2' , '2002-09-18 23:30:00':: timestamp );
INSERT INTO pages(url,html,last) VALUES ('www.example.com://page3' , 'meuk3' , '2003-09-18 23:30:00':: timestamp );

INSERT INTO pages(url,html,last) SELECT pp.url || '/added'::text, pp.html || '.html'::text , pp.last + interval '20 years' FROM pages pp;

COPY pages(url,html,last) FROM STDIN;
www.example.com://pageX     stdin   2000-09-18 23:30:00
\.

SELECT * FROM pages;

Resultatet:

              url              |    html    |            last            
-------------------------------+------------+----------------------------
 www.example.com://page1       | meuk1      | 2001-09-18 23:30:00
 www.example.com://page2       | meuk2      | 2011-09-18 23:48:30.775373
 www.example.com://page3       | meuk3      | 2011-09-18 23:48:30.783758
 www.example.com://page1/added | meuk1.html | 2011-09-18 23:48:30.792097
 www.example.com://page2/added | meuk2.html | 2011-09-18 23:48:30.792097
 www.example.com://page3/added | meuk3.html | 2011-09-18 23:48:30.792097
 www.example.com://pageX       | stdin      | 2000-09-18 23:30:00
 (7 rows)

OPDATERING:Bare for at bevise, at det kan lade sig gøre:

INSERT INTO pages(url,html,last) VALUES ('www.example.com://page1' , 'meuk1' , '2001-09-18 23:30:00'::timestamp );
CREATE VIEW vpages AS (SELECT * from pages);

CREATE RULE Pages_Upsert AS ON INSERT TO vpages
  DO INSTEAD (
     UPDATE pages p0
     SET html=NEW.html , last = NOW() WHERE p0.url = NEW.url
    ;
     INSERT INTO pages (url,html,last)
    SELECT NEW.url, NEW.html, NEW.last
        WHERE NOT EXISTS ( SELECT * FROM pages p1 WHERE p1.url = NEW.url)
    );

CREATE RULE Pages_Indate AS ON UPDATE TO vpages
  DO INSTEAD (
     INSERT INTO pages (url,html,last)
    SELECT NEW.url, NEW.html, NEW.last
        WHERE NOT EXISTS ( SELECT * FROM pages p1 WHERE p1.url = OLD.url)
        ;
     UPDATE pages p0
     SET html=NEW.html , last = NEW.last WHERE p0.url = NEW.url
        ;
    );

INSERT INTO vpages(url,html,last) VALUES ('www.example.com://page2' , 'meuk2' , '2002-09-18 23:30:00':: timestamp );
INSERT INTO vpages(url,html,last) VALUES ('www.example.com://page3' , 'meuk3' , '2003-09-18 23:30:00':: timestamp );

INSERT INTO vpages(url,html,last) SELECT pp.url || '/added'::text, pp.html || '.html'::text , pp.last + interval '20 years' FROM vpages pp;
UPDATE vpages SET last = last + interval '-10 years' WHERE url = 'www.example.com://page1' ;

-- Copy does NOT work on views
-- COPY vpages(url,html,last) FROM STDIN;
-- www.example.com://pageX    stdin    2000-09-18 23:30:00
-- \.

SELECT * FROM vpages;

Resultat:

INSERT 0 1
INSERT 0 1
INSERT 0 3
UPDATE 1
              url              |    html    |        last         
-------------------------------+------------+---------------------
 www.example.com://page2       | meuk2      | 2002-09-18 23:30:00
 www.example.com://page3       | meuk3      | 2003-09-18 23:30:00
 www.example.com://page1/added | meuk1.html | 2021-09-18 23:30:00
 www.example.com://page2/added | meuk2.html | 2022-09-18 23:30:00
 www.example.com://page3/added | meuk3.html | 2023-09-18 23:30:00
 www.example.com://page1       | meuk1      | 1991-09-18 23:30:00
(6 rows)

Udsigten er nødvendig for at forhindre, at omskrivningssystemet går i rekursion. Konstruktion af en SLET-regel overlades som en øvelse til læseren.