SQLite UPSERT / UPDATE OR INSERT

Question

I need to perform UPSERT / INSERT OR UPDATE against a SQLite Database.

There is the command INSERT OR REPLACE which in many cases can be useful. But if you want to k

Answer 1

The problem with all presented answers it complete lack of taking triggers (and probably other side effects) into account. Solution like

INSERT OR IGNORE ...
UPDATE ...

leads to both triggers executed (for insert and then for update) when row does not exist.

Proper solution is

UPDATE OR IGNORE ...
INSERT OR IGNORE ...

in that case only one statement is executed (when row exists or not).