MySQL insert when record does not exist (insert if not exists)

In MySQL, inserting (insert) A record is simple, but some special applications, before inserting a record, need to check whether the record already exists, only if the record does not exist to perform the insert operation, this article describes the solution of this problem.

question: I created a table to hold the customer information, I know I can insert the information into the table with the INSERT statement, but how can I guarantee that no duplicate records will be inserted?

Answer: You can prevent the insertion of duplicate records by using EXISTS conditional clauses.

Example one: inserting multiple records

Suppose you have a clients table with a primary key of client_id, you can use the following statement:

INSERT  into clients (client_id, Client_name, Client_type) SELECT ' Advertising '  from Suppliers WHERE  not exists (Select* from clientswhere= suppliers.supplier_ ID);

Example one: inserting a single record

INSERT  intoclients (client_id, Client_name, Client_type)SELECT 10345,'IBM','Advertising' fromDualWHERE  not exists(Select *  fromClientswhereclients.client_id= 10345);

Using dual to make a table name allows you to follow the SELECT statement directly following the value of the field you want to insert, even if the value does not already exist in the current table.

MySQL insert when record does not exist (insert if not exists)