MySQL Conditional Insert

Question

I am having a difficult time forming a conditional INSERT

I have x_table with columns (instance, user, item) where instance ID is unique. I want to insert a new row

Answer 1

In case you don't want to set a unique constraint, this works like a charm :

INSERT INTO `table` (`column1`, `column2`) SELECT 'value1', 'value2' FROM `table` WHERE `column1` = 'value1' AND `column2` = 'value2' HAVING COUNT(`column1`) = 0

Hope it helps !