Question

How can I check whether devID already exists and then do the insertion for the following query, if devID does not exist already:

INSERT  into profiles (devID,alert) VALUES ("ff",1) ;

PS: I have already seen this solution in SO, but not sure how to modify the query I have based on that solution.

Any help is appreciated.

Answer 1

INSERT INTO profiles (devID, alert)
SELECT 'ff', 1
WHERE NOT EXISTS (SELECT 1 FROM profiles WHERE devID = 'ff');