Bryan White wrote:
>
> I need to insert a record only if it does not
> exist. If it does exists then I do nothing. However I do need to know if
> it was inserted. Its seems most efficient to just attempt the insert and
> look at the result. My only complaint is the log file is littered the error
> messages about attempting to insert a duplicate.
How about something like this?
INSERT INTO foo (id, ...)
SELECT 14, ... <=== literal insert values
FROM foo
WHERE NOT EXISTS (SELECT * FROM foo WHERE id = 14)
It'll insert 1 or 0 records, and it won't try to insert a duplicate...
Regards,
Ed Loehr