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brendalisalowe
Constraint Violating Yak Guru

269 Posts

Posted - 2004-08-09 : 17:50:27
If I am running through a loop and everytime it goes through the loop I want to test to see if that record exists or not, how do I do that? And if it exists, how do I skip that one and go to the next record?

This is what I have right now:

INSERT INTO tblHUDdata (CaseNumber,HoldingMor,ServingMor,EndorseYear,EndorseMonth,EndorseDay) Values ('" & HUDCaseNumber & "','" & HUDHoldMor & "','" & HUDServeMor & "','" & HUDEndorseYear & "','" & HUDEndorseMonth & "','" & HUDEndorseDay & "'"

How do I check before I insert to see if that CaseNumber already is in the table? Thanks for your help!

Brenda

Lumbago
Norsk Yak Master

3271 Posts

Posted - 2004-08-09 : 17:53:05
IF NOT EXISTS(SELECT * from tblHUDdata WHERE CaseNumber = '" & HUDCaseNumber & "')" & _
"INSERT INTO tblHUDdata (CaseNumber,HoldingMor,ServingMor,EndorseYear,EndorseMonth,EndorseDay) Values ('" & HUDCaseNumber & "','" & HUDHoldMor & "','" & HUDServeMor & "','" & HUDEndorseYear & "','" & HUDEndorseMonth & "','" & HUDEndorseDay & "'"

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Lumbago
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