Merge statement allows a single statement for INSERT, DELETE and UPDATE a row that depends on a condition. The target table for certain operations is based on the results of join with a source table. The following example illustrates the use of MERGE.

MERGE InventoryMaster AS invmstr

USING (SELECT InventoryID, Descr FROM NewInventory) AS src

ON invmstr. InventoryID = src. InventoryID

WHEN MATCHED THEN

UPDATE SET invmstr.Descr = src.Descr

WHEN NOT MATCHED THEN

INSERT (InventoryID, Descr) VALUES (src. InventoryID, src.Descr);.