Best way to avoid duplicate entry into mysql database

Question

I have a table with 3 columns - id (pk), pageId (fk), name. I have a php script which dumps about 5000 records into the table, with about half being duplicates, with same pa

Answer 1

You can also ignore the error with mysql: INSERT IGNORE INTO TABLE ... it will ignore the key error, skip over that insert and move on to the next.