How to Do If Not Exists in SQLite

How to do IF NOT EXISTS in SQLite

How about this?

INSERT OR IGNORE INTO EVENTTYPE (EventTypeName) VALUES 'ANI Received'

(Untested as I don't have SQLite... however this link is quite descriptive.)

Additionally, this should also work:

INSERT INTO EVENTTYPE (EventTypeName)
SELECT 'ANI Received'
WHERE NOT EXISTS (SELECT 1 FROM EVENTTYPE WHERE EventTypeName = 'ANI Received');

Insert if not exists statement in SQLite

If you have a table called memos that has two columns id and text you should be able to do like this:

INSERT INTO memos(id,text) 
SELECT 5, 'text to insert' 
WHERE NOT EXISTS(SELECT 1 FROM memos WHERE id = 5 AND text = 'text to insert');

If a record already contains a row where text is equal to 'text to insert' and id is equal to 5, then the insert operation will be ignored.

I don't know if this will work for your particular query, but perhaps it give you a hint on how to proceed.

I would advice that you instead design your table so that no duplicates are allowed as explained in @CLs answer below.

CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS statement in SQLite

This question has some answers which may be helpful. From that question, however, this answer suggests that SQLite 3.3 and above support IF NOT EXISTS.

Based on that question's answers, you could try selecting the COUNT of tables named 'notes' using this (slightly modified) query:

SELECT COUNT(*) FROM sqlite_master WHERE type='table' AND name='notes';

You can then test the result of that query. If there were 0 results, create the table. Otherwise, don't create the table.

IF NOT EXISTS in SQLite

INSERT INTO profiles (devID, alert)
SELECT 'ff', 1
WHERE NOT EXISTS (SELECT 1 FROM profiles WHERE devID = 'ff');

SQLite CASE statement - INSERT IF NOT EXISTS

One method is to write this as a single statement:

INSERT INTO sap(id, url)
    SELECT id, url 
    FROM (SELECT '123456' as id, 'https:/test.com' as url) t
    WHERE NOT EXISTS (SELECT 1 FROM sap WHERE sap.id = t.id);

However, the correct answer is to use a unique index/constraint so the database does the checking internally:

CREATE UNIQUE INDEX unq_sap_id ON sap(id);

If you attempt to insert a duplicate value for id, the INSERT will fail.

How to insert if not exists, or increase if exists in SQLite?

You can use insert or replace.

I thinks this will do the trick

INSERT OR REPLACE INTO Test (Id,Val) 
  VALUES (  1,          
            COALESCE((SELECT Val + 1 FROM Test WHERE id = 1), 1)
          );
INSERT OR REPLACE INTO Test (Id,Val) 
  VALUES (  2,          
            COALESCE((SELECT Val + 1 FROM Test WHERE id = 2), 1)
          );

You just have to replace the numbers with your inputed id

Error in IF NOT EXISTS sqlite3

The IF NOT EXISTS must come earlier, like this:

CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS SCHEDULER  (SNO INTEGER PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT, STRTIME TEXT, ENDTIME TEXT, MODE TEXT);

If this still doesn't work, then your SQLite version is really old (older than version 3.3.0).

Using WHERE NOT EXISTS in Sqlite returns syntax error

The syntax of the query is wrong.

You should use INSERT ... SELECT instead of INSERT ... VALUES:

INSERT INTO filters (serverid, type, active, action, time)
SELECT ?, ?, ?, ?, ?
WHERE NOT EXISTS(SELECT 1 FROM filters WHERE serverid = "${msg.guild.id}" AND type = "Spam")`

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