Haki Benita • 8/4/2024

How to Get or Create in PostgreSQL

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This technical article dives deep into implementing a reliable and idempotent 'get or create' pattern in PostgreSQL. It examines common pitfalls like race conditions and concurrency issues, compares methods such as INSERT ... ON CONFLICT and MERGE, and discusses the importance of unique constraints and transaction isolation for data integrity.

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