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You can use the MERGE statement in SQL to update a record if it exists, or insert a new record if it doesn’t exist. The syntax for the MERGE statement is:

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MERGE INTO table_name
USING (SELECT value1, value2, ... FROM dual) 
   ON (condition)
WHEN MATCHED THEN 
   UPDATE SET column1 = value1, column2 = value2, ...
WHEN NOT MATCHED THEN 
   INSERT (column1, column2, ...) 
   VALUES (value1, value2, ...)

Here’s an example of how to use the MERGE statement to update a record if it exists, or insert a new record if it doesn’t exist:

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MERGE INTO employees e
USING (SELECT 'John' as first_name, 'Doe' as last_name, 'jdoe@email.com' as email FROM dual) new_employee
   ON (e.email = new_employee.email)
WHEN MATCHED THEN 
   UPDATE SET e.first_name = new_employee.first_name, e.last_name = new_employee.last_name
WHEN NOT MATCHED THEN 
   INSERT (e.first_name, e.last_name, e.email) 
   VALUES (new_employee.first_name, new_employee.last_name, new_employee.email)

In this example, the MERGE statement is used to insert a new employee record with the first name ‘John’, last name ‘Doe’, and email ‘jdoe@email.com‘ if no employee record with that email exists in the employees table.

If an employee record with that email already exists, then the MERGE statement updates the first name and last name of that employee record to ‘John’ and ‘Doe’ respectively.

To update a row in MySQL or insert a new row if it does not already exist, you can use the INSERT INTO ... ON DUPLICATE KEY UPDATE statement.

The basic syntax for this statement is:

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INSERT INTO table_name (column1, column2, ...)
VALUES (value1, value2, ...)
ON DUPLICATE KEY UPDATE column1 = value1, column2 = value2, ...;

Here’s an example:

Suppose you have a table named employees with columns id, name, email, and salary, and you want to update the salary of an employee if they already exist in the table, or insert a new employee if they don’t already exist.

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INSERT INTO employees (id, name, email, salary)
VALUES (1, 'John Doe', 'jdoe@example.com', 50000)
ON DUPLICATE KEY UPDATE salary = 50000;

In this example, if an employee with id 1 already exists in the employees table, their salary will be updated to 50000. If an employee with id 1 does not exist, a new row will be inserted with id 1, 'John Doe', 'jdoe@example.com', and a salary of 50000.

Note that this statement assumes that you have a unique index or primary key on the column(s) that you want to use to determine if a row already exists.

The “INSERT INTO” statement in MySQL allows you to add new rows to a table. To insert a new row only if it doesn’t already exist in the table, you can use the “INSERT IGNORE” or “INSERT … ON DUPLICATE KEY UPDATE” syntax.

Here’s an example using the “INSERT IGNORE” syntax:

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INSERT IGNORE INTO table_name (column1, column2, column3)
VALUES (value1, value2, value3);

This statement will insert a new row with the specified values if it doesn’t already exist in the table. If there’s a duplicate key constraint violation, the insert operation will simply be ignored and no error will be thrown.

Alternatively, you can use the “INSERT … ON DUPLICATE KEY UPDATE” syntax to insert a new row or update an existing row if there’s a duplicate key constraint violation:

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INSERT INTO table_name (column1, column2, column3)
VALUES (value1, value2, value3)
ON DUPLICATE KEY UPDATE column1 = value1, column2 = value2, column3 = value3;

In this case, if a row with the same values already exists in the table, the specified columns will be updated with the new values. If not, a new row will be inserted with the specified values.