SQL Merge statement not working in Stored Procedure

sql, sql-server, stored-procedures, t-sql

Solution

Your Source shouldn't rely upon the target table. Try instead:

MERGE [Users].[Addresses] AS Target
USING (select @UserID,@Address1,@Address2,@Town,@County,@PostCode,@Country,@Type)
    AS Source (UserID,Address1,Address2,Town,County,PostCode,Country,Type)
ON (Source.UserId = Target.UserId)
WHEN MATCHED THEN
    UPDATE SET Target.Address1 = Source.Address1,
    Target.Address2 = Source.Address2,
    Target.Town = Source.Town,
    Target.County = Source.County,
    Target.Postcode = Source.Postcode,
    Target.Country = Source.Country
WHEN NOT MATCHED BY TARGET THEN
    INSERT ([UserId], [Address1], [Address2], [Town], [County], [PostCode], [Country], [Modified], [Type])
    VALUES(Source.UserId, Source.Address1, Source.Address2, Source.Town, Source.County, Source.PostCode, Source.Country, GetDate(), Source.Type);

At the moment, you're creating a zero-row `Source` rowset, so of course nothing happens in the merge.

Problem

The following code does not seem to work. If the address does not exist, it does not insert the new record. However, if the address does exist, it does get updated. ``` ALTER PROCEDURE [Users].[UpdateAddress] @UserId int, @Address1 varchar(100), @Address2 varchar(100), @Town varchar(100), @County varchar(50), @PostCode varchar(50), @Country varchar(50), @Type INT AS MERGE [Users].[Addresses] AS Target USING (SELECT UserId FROM [Users].[Addresses] WHERE UserId = @UserId) AS Source ON (Source.UserId = Target.UserId) WHEN MATCHED THEN UPDATE SET Target.Address1 = @Address1, Target.Address2 = @Address2, Target.Town = @Town, Target.County = @County, Target.Postcode = @Postcode, Target.Country = @Country WHEN NOT MATCHED BY TARGET THEN INSERT ([UserId], [Address1], [Address2], [Town], [County], [PostCode], [Country], [Modified], [Type]) VALUES(@UserId, @Address1, @Address2, @Town, @County, @PostCode, @Country, GetDate(), @Type); ```

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