Question

I have a nested array in php and I’m trying to insert data into a mysql table only if a duplicate does not exist. The duplicate should only check match against the sensor_serial and dates field. I’m having no luck with DUPLICATE as the id is unique regardless of the other fields. this is the table layout:

CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `temps_test` (
    `id` int(10) unsigned NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
   `sensor_serial` varchar(64) COLLATE latin1_general_ci DEFAULT NULL,
    `temp_c` float DEFAULT NULL,
    `dates` datetime DEFAULT NULL,
    PRIMARY KEY (`id`),
    KEY `date` (`dates`)
)

This is my non working code. I can’t seem to get it quite right.

foreach ($output as $k => &$v) {
    $sql = "INSERT INTO temps_test (sensor_serial,temp_c,dates) VALUES ('$v[7]','$v[3]','$v[5]') WHERE NOT EXISTS (SELECT * FROM temps_test WHERE sensor_serial='$v[7]' AND dates='$v[5]')";
    $go = mysql_query($sql) or die( mysql_error() );
}

Can this be done this way or is my approach totally off?

Answer 1

Try using ON DUPLICATE KEY UPDATE

INSERT INTO temps_test (sensor_serial,temp_c,dates)
VALUES ('val1','val2','val3') 
ON DUPLICATE KEY UPDATE sensor_serial=sensor_serial;

make sure to add constraint on field sensor_serial, example

CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `temps_test`
(
    `id` int(10) unsigned NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
   `sensor_serial` varchar(64) COLLATE latin1_general_ci DEFAULT NULL,
    `temp_c` float DEFAULT NULL,
    `dates` datetime DEFAULT NULL,
    PRIMARY KEY (`id`),
    KEY `date` (`dates`),
    CONSTRAINT t_uq INIQUE (`sensor_serial`)     -- <== this one
)