F313, “Enhanced MERGE statement”


BigQuery 2025-09-02Db2 (LUW) 12.1.2Derby 10.17.1.0H2 2.3.232MariaDB 12.0.2aMySQL 9.3.0aOracle DB 23.9bPostgreSQL 17cSQL Server 2022dSQLite 3.50.0cEnhanced MERGE statement — F313
  1. Supports insert … on duplicate key …
  2. Only a single update or insert branch • The on clause requires parenthesis: on ( <condition> )
  3. Supports insert … on conflict do …
  4. Only a single update or insert branch

Normative References

F313, “Enhanced MERGE statement” is an optional feature in ISO/IEC 9075-2:2023. It first appeared in ISO/IEC 9075-2:2008.

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