How to do IF NOT EXISTS in SQLite

Question

I am trying to port this line from MS SQL Server to SQLite

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


        

Answer 1

If you want to ignore the insertion of existing value, there must be a Key field in your Table. Just create a table With Primary Key Field Like:

CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS TblUsers (UserId INTEGER PRIMARY KEY, UserName varchar(100), ContactName varchar(100),Password varchar(100));

And Then Insert Or Replace / Insert Or Ignore Query on the Table Like:

INSERT OR REPLACE INTO TblUsers (UserId, UserName, ContactName ,Password) VALUES('1','UserName','ContactName','Password');

It Will Not Let it Re-Enter The Existing Primary key Value... This Is how you can Check Whether a Value exists in the table or not.