F312, “MERGE statement”


BigQuery 2025-09-02Db2 (LUW) 12.1.2aDerby 10.17.1.0aH2 2.3.232aMariaDB 12.0.2MySQL 9.3.0Oracle DB 23.9bPostgreSQL 17SQL Server 2022SQLite 3.50.0MERGE statement — F312
  1. Ambiguities not always reported
  2. Ambiguities not always reported • The on clause requires parenthesis: on ( <condition> )

Normative References

F312, “MERGE statement” is an optional feature in ISO/IEC 9075-2:2023. It first appeared in ISO/IEC 9075-2:2003.

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