docs: Added documentation for new on conflict do nothing functionality for DB inserts#435
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Adds documentation for the new “on conflict do nothing” behavior when performing DB inserts, explaining how to perform idempotent inserts that skip duplicates instead of failing.
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- Documented
ignoreConflicts: trueusage oninsertfor skipping unique-constraint conflicts - Added a Dart example showing batch insert with conflicts ignored
- Added a note tying the behavior to PostgreSQL
ON CONFLICT DO NOTHINGand linking to indexing docs
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LGTM! Thanks for the quick update to the docs, @FXschwartz! 🚀
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@FXschwartz I just realized that we missed a warning in case the flag is used for inserting too many rows of models with non-persistent fields. Could you add such note on this section? |
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@marcelomendoncasoares Docs submitted for the DB on conflict insert! Let me know what kind of changes you'd like made.