how to insert based on the date
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I have a table table1 (account, last_contact_date, insert_date), account and last_contact_date are primary keys. The insert_date is set with the time the recored being added by calling getdate(). I also have a temporary table #temp(account, last_contact_date) which I use to update the table1.
Here are sample data:
table1
account    last_contact_date    insert_date
1          2012-09-01           2012-09-28
2          2012-09-01           2012-09-28
3          2012-09-01           2012-09-28
#temp 
account    last_contact_date
1          2012-09-27
2          2012-09-27  
3          2012-08-01
The result table depends on the inserting date. If the date is 2012-09-28, the result will be
table1
account    last_contact_date    insert_date
1          2012-09-27           2012-09-28
2          2012-09-27           2012-09-28
3          2012-09-01           2012-09-28
If the date is 2012-09-29, the result will be
table1
account    last_contact_date    insert_date
1          2012-09-01           2012-09-28
2          2012-09-01           2012-09-28
3          2012-09-01           2012-09-28
1          2012-09-27           2012-09-29
2          2012-09-27           2012-09-29
Basically the rule is (1) if the inserting date is the same day, i will pick the lastest last_contact_date, otherwise, (2) if the last_contact_date is later than the current last_contact_date, I will insert a new one.
How do I write a query for this insert?
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