Oracle PLS-00103 error. How do you check for an existing record and do update or insert based on that condition?

Question

I need to check if a record exists in the table or not from a SELECT statement. If the record exists, do an update otherwise create a record on the table. I'm trying to but i'm getting PLS-00103 error.

These are the errors that I'm getting when i run my code in DBVisaulzier:

18:00:09  [DECLARE - 0 row(s), 0.000 secs]  [Error Code: 6550, SQL State: 65000]  ORA-06550: line 2, column 12:
PLS-00103: Encountered the symbol "end-of-file" when expecting one of the following:

:= . ( @ % ; not null range default character
18:00:09  [BEGIN - 0 row(s), 0.000 secs]  [Error Code: 6550, SQL State: 65000]  
ORA-06550: line 2, column 97:
PLS-00103: Encountered the symbol "end-of-file" when expecting one of the following:

;
18:00:09  [IF - 0 row(s), 0.000 secs]  [Error Code: 900, SQL State: 42000]  ORA-00900: invalid SQL statement
18:00:09  [ELSE - 0 row(s), 0.000 secs]  [Error Code: 900, SQL State: 42000]   
ORA-00900: invalid SQL statement
18:00:09  [END - 0 row(s), 0.000 secs]  [Error Code: 900, SQL State: 42000]  ORA-00900: invalid SQL statement
18:00:09  [END - 0 row(s), 0.000 secs]  [Error Code: 900, SQL State: 42000]  ORA-00900: invalid SQL statement
... 6 statement(s) executed, 0 row(s) affected, exec/fetch time: 0.000/0.000 sec  [0 successful, 0 warnings, 6 errors]

The following is my code:

DECLARE a NUMBER;

BEGIN

  SELECT 1 
    INTO a 
    FROM FREC_EMAIL t
   WHERE t.FranchiseNo = '208254846' 
     AND t.ReportID = 1 
     AND t.id = 165;

  IF a=1 THEN

       UPDATE FREC_EMAIL
          SET email = '[email protected]'
        WHERE FranchiseNo = '208254846' 
          AND ReportID = 1 
          AND ID = 165;

    ELSE

        INSERT INTO FREC_EMAIL
          (FranchiseNo, Email, ReportID)
         VALUES
           ('208254846', '[email protected]', 1);

    END IF;
END;

Answer 1

We should always use SQL whenever possible, and avoid using Pl/SQL unless it is strictly necessary. SQL statements perform faster, they usually require less typing and they are easier to get right.

Since 9i Oracle has provided MERGE, a single SQL statement which executes an "upsert" statement.

MERGE INTO frec_email t
USING (SELECT  '[email protected]' as email
                ,  '208254846' as FranchiseNo
                , 1 as ReportID
                , 165 as ID 
       FROM dual ) s
ON (s.ID = t.ID)
WHEN MATCHED THEN
     UPDATE SET t.email = s.email
WHEN NOT MATCHED THEN
    INSERT (t.FranchiseNo, t.Email, t.ReportID)
    VALUES  (s.FranchiseNo, s.Email, s.ReportID)
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