Inserting into a mysql table and overwritng any current data

Question

I am inserting some data into a table, but it occasionally clashes with other data in the table (ie. it has the same primary key).
I would like to be able to just over

Answer 1

Just a little cheatsheet.
Mysql has 3 different scenarios for handling unique key duplicates:

If you want to...

• do nothing - use INSERT IGNORE
• delete existing and create new - use REPLACE INTO
• update existing - use ON DUPLICATE UPDATE