Merge data in sql server without merge statement (supports major version of sql server)
This article is basically for whom who cannot use merge statement of sql server (because they are still stuck with the old sql server which no longer supports merge statement) or who are aware of the performance of the merge statement.
Recently I got to know that a client I am working for was still using sql server 2005 and not in mood to switch to new version so some alternative of merge statement must have been found, so I searched a lot and got some consolidated solution and made a query structure just like same as merge statement.
Suppose we have a table named Instance and data that we need to merge with respect to Id that is identity column
We need to do following steps to merge data if you are familiar with the Merge statement structure or pattern then it's easy to understand for you rest of the people have to pay just a little bit more attention.
The following steps include in the query -
1) Clone the structure of the source table into temporary table named #Source
2) If table has identity column then set Identity insert On
3) Insert destination data into #Source table
4) If you are followed the step 2 then set Identity Insert Off
5) Update source table (i.e [Instance] table) with the matching condition data of the #Source table (just like below example #Source join [Instances] on #Source.Id = [Instances].Id).
6) Delete the matching record in #Source table.
7) Insert the rest of the data of #Source table into source table (i.e. Instance table).
8) one more step that which is not the part of this article is to delete not matching record from the source table, this should be the 5th step and every later step must be shifted by the one position :-).
Merge Data using another two or more column instead of identity column -
Suppose you have a table named ModuleSetting and want to merge data with respect to ModuleId and Instance Id instead of Id (i.e. identity column) because this is not the transaction table not the master table and you don’t know what would be the identity.
All the steps are as per above steps except to found matching record that is join query, you only need to make a change in join with your matching criteria that's all, go through the below query.
Recently I got to know that a client I am working for was still using sql server 2005 and not in mood to switch to new version so some alternative of merge statement must have been found, so I searched a lot and got some consolidated solution and made a query structure just like same as merge statement.
Suppose we have a table named Instance and data that we need to merge with respect to Id that is identity column
(1, 'Default' ,1,0,1,GetDate(),NULL,NULL ),
(2, 'MyInstance' ,1,0,1,GetDate(),NULL,NULL )
The following steps include in the query -
1) Clone the structure of the source table into temporary table named #Source
2) If table has identity column then set Identity insert On
3) Insert destination data into #Source table
4) If you are followed the step 2 then set Identity Insert Off
5) Update source table (i.e [Instance] table) with the matching condition data of the #Source table (just like below example #Source join [Instances] on #Source.Id = [Instances].Id).
6) Delete the matching record in #Source table.
7) Insert the rest of the data of #Source table into source table (i.e. Instance table).
8) one more step that which is not the part of this article is to delete not matching record from the source table, this should be the 5th step and every later step must be shifted by the one position :-).
Merge Data with Identity Comparison -
SELECT * INTO #Source FROM [Instances] WHERE Id <> Id
SET IDENTITY_INSERT #Source ON
insert
into #Source ([Id]
,[InstanceDescription]
,[IsActive]
,[IsDeleted]
,[CreatedBy]
,[CreatedOn]
,[LastModifiedBy]
,[LastModifiedOn]
)
VALUES
(1, 'Default' ,1,0,1,GetDate(),NULL,NULL ),
(2, 'MyInstance' ,1,0,1,GetDate(),NULL,NULL )
SET IDENTITY_INSERT #Source Off
update [Instances] set
[InstanceDescription] = #Source.[InstanceDescription],
[IsActive] = #Source.[IsActive],
[IsDeleted] = #Source.[IsDeleted],
[LastModifiedBy] = #Source.[LastModifiedBy],
[LastModifiedOn] = GetDate()
from #Source join [Instances] on #Source.Id = [Instances].Id
delete #Source from #Source join [Instances] on #Source.Id = [Instances].Id
SET IDENTITY_INSERT [Instances] ON
insert into [Instances]
(
[Id]
,[InstanceDescription]
,[IsActive]
,[IsDeleted]
,[CreatedBy]
,[CreatedOn]
,[LastModifiedBy]
,[LastModifiedOn]
)
select [Id]
,[InstanceDescription]
,[IsActive]
,[IsDeleted]
,[CreatedBy]
,[CreatedOn]
,[LastModifiedBy]
,[LastModifiedOn]
from #Source
SET IDENTITY_INSERT [Instances] OFF
DROP TABLE #Source
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Merge Data using another two or more column instead of identity column -
Suppose you have a table named ModuleSetting and want to merge data with respect to ModuleId and Instance Id instead of Id (i.e. identity column) because this is not the transaction table not the master table and you don’t know what would be the identity.
Merge Data with Two or more column comparison -
SELECT [ModuleId]
,[MenuSequence]
,[SubMenuSequence]
,[GlobalSearchSequence]
,[InstanceId]
,[IsDeleted]
,[CreatedBy]
,[CreatedOn]
,[LastModifiedBy]
,[LastModifiedOn] INTO #Source FROM [ModuleSettings]
WHERE Id = 0
insert into #Source ([ModuleId]
,[MenuSequence]
,[SubMenuSequence]
,[GlobalSearchSequence]
,[InstanceId]
,[IsDeleted]
,[CreatedBy]
,[CreatedOn]
,[LastModifiedBy]
,[LastModifiedOn]
)
VALUES
(1,
1 , 0, 1 ,NULL ,0,1,GetDate(),NULL,NULL
),
(2,
2 , 0, 2 ,NULL ,0,1,GetDate(),NULL,NULL
),
(3,
3 , 0, 3 ,NULL ,0,1,GetDate(),NULL,NULL
),
update [ModuleSettings] set
[ModuleId]
=
#Source.[ModuleId],
[MenuSequence]
= #Source.[MenuSequence],
[SubMenuSequence]
=
#Source.[SubMenuSequence],
[GlobalSearchSequence] = #Source.[GlobalSearchSequence],
[InstanceId]
=
#Source.[InstanceId],
[IsDeleted]
=
#Source.[IsDeleted],
[LastModifiedBy] = #Source.[LastModifiedBy],
[LastModifiedOn] = GetDate()
from #Source join [ModuleSettings]
ON [ModuleSettings].[ModuleId] = #Source.[ModuleId] and [ModuleSettings].[InstanceId] is null
delete #Source from #Source join [ModuleSettings]
ON [ModuleSettings].[ModuleId] = #Source.[ModuleId] and [ModuleSettings].[InstanceId] is null
insert into [ModuleSettings]
(
[ModuleId]
,[MenuSequence]
,[SubMenuSequence]
,[GlobalSearchSequence]
,[InstanceId]
,[IsDeleted]
,[CreatedBy]
,[CreatedOn]
,[LastModifiedBy]
,[LastModifiedOn]
)
select
[ModuleId]
,[MenuSequence]
,[SubMenuSequence]
,[GlobalSearchSequence]
,[InstanceId]
,[IsDeleted]
,[CreatedBy]
,[CreatedOn]
,[LastModifiedBy]
,[LastModifiedOn]
from #Source
DROP TABLE #Source
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