Using IF ELSE statement based on Count to execute different Insert statements

Question

While I am searching through my database, I run an INSERT statement if I find that a particular item does not exist, and I run a different INSERT statement if I find one or

Answer 1

There are many, many ways to code this, but here is one possible way. I'm assuming MS SQL

We'll start by getting row count (Another Quick Example) and then do if/else

-- Let's get our row count and assign it to a var that will be used
--    in our if stmt 
DECLARE @HasExistingRows int -- I'm assuming it can fit into an int
SELECT @HasExistingRows = Count(*) 
   ELSE 0 -- false
FROM
   INCIDENTS
WHERE {Your Criteria}
GROUP BY {Required Grouping}

Now we can do the If / Else Logic MSDN Docs

-- IF / Else / Begin / END Syntax
IF @HasExistingRows = 0 -- No Existing Rows
   BEGIN
      {Insert Logic for No Existing Rows}
   END
ELSE -- existing rows are found
   BEGIN
      {Insert logic for existing rows}
   END

Another faster way (inspired by Mahmoud Gamal's comment):

Forget the whole variable creation / assignment - look up "EXISTS" - MSDN Docs 2.

IF EXISTS ({SELECT Query})
   BEGIN
      {INSERT Version 1}
   END
ELSE
   BEGIN
      {INSERT version 2}
   END