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Add optional support for the EXCEPT operator in the WHEN MATCHED clause #14

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jwk6 opened this issue Aug 14, 2020 · 2 comments
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jwk6 commented Aug 14, 2020

Add optional support for the EXCEPT operator in the WHEN MATCHED clause, as described here:
http://www.made2mentor.com/2013/05/writing-t-sql-merge-statements-the-right-way/

For Example:
WHEN MATCHED AND EXISTS
(SELECT Source.Column1, Source.Column2
EXCEPT
SELECT Target.Column1, Target.Column2)

This will properly handle NULL values in both the source and target, and will be a little more clear and concise for the developer.

EXCEPT is supported in all currently supported versions of SQL Server, and in Azure SQL Database.
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/t-sql/language-elements/set-operators-except-and-intersect-transact-sql?view=sql-server-ver15

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Interesting idea!

@NowinskiK NowinskiK added this to the ver.4.3 milestone Aug 14, 2020
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jwk6 commented Jun 1, 2021

@NowinskiK I'm feeling the urge to do something again. Mind if I work on this one?

jwk6 pushed a commit to jwk6/SCD-Merge-Wizard that referenced this issue Jun 3, 2021
@NowinskiK NowinskiK modified the milestones: ver.4.3, ver.4.4 Aug 31, 2021
@NowinskiK NowinskiK modified the milestones: ver.4.4, ver.5.0, ver.5.1 Sep 3, 2024
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