Solve with only one query? - php

Question

I have the following table:
CREATE TABLE list(
country TINYINT UNSIGNED NOT NULL,
name VARCHAR(10) CHARACTER SET latin1 NOT NULL,
name_index INT UNSIGNED NOT NULL,
UNIQUE KEY(country, name), PRIMARY KEY(country, name_index)) ENGINE = INNODB
I want to:
Given: ($country, $name, $new_index)
Check if a row with country = $country && name = $name exists.
If the row exists, get the index $index = name_index.
If the row doesn't exist, add it and then get the index.
I can do the following using many queries, but I am looking for an efficient way to do it, using only one query. Is this possible?

Answer 1

It's not possible with only one query.
You CAN do this:
$sql = "SELECT name_index FROM (your table) WHERE country = '$country' AND
name = '$name' LIMIT 1";
$query = mysql_query($sql);
$numrows = mysql_num_rows($query);
if($numrows == 1) {
$row = mysql_fetch_row($query);
$index = $row[0];
} else {
$sql = "INSERT INTO (your table) (country, name)
VALUES('$country','$name')";
$query = mysql_query($sql);
$check = mysql_num_rows($query);
if($check > 0) {
$sql = "SELECT name_index FROM (your table) WHERE country = '$country' AND
name = '$name' LIMIT 1";
$query = mysql_query($sql);
$row = mysql_fetch_row($query);
$index = $row[0];
} else {
echo "Error occured while trying to insert new row";
}
}
Hope this helps :).