syntax for single row MERGE / upsert in SQL Server

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Published on 2010-03-19T17:57:13Z Indexed on 2010/03/21 5:51 UTC
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I'm trying to do a single row insert/update on a table but all the examples out there are for sets.

Can anyone fix my syntax please:

MERGE member_topic ON mt_member = 0 AND mt_topic = 110
WHEN MATCHED THEN UPDATE SET mt_notes = 'test'
WHEN NOT MATCHED THEN INSERT (mt_member, mt_topic, mt_notes) VALUES (0, 110, 'test')

Resolution per marc_s is to convert the single row to a subquery - which makes me think the MERGE command is not really intended for single row upserts.

MERGE member_topic
USING (SELECT 0 mt_member, 110 mt_topic) as source
ON member_topic.mt_member = source.mt_member AND member_topic.mt_topic = source.mt_topic
WHEN MATCHED THEN UPDATE SET mt_notes = 'test'
WHEN NOT MATCHED THEN INSERT (mt_member, mt_topic, mt_notes) VALUES (0, 110, 'test');

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