IF NOT EXISTS in mysql showing syntax error - mysql

Question

I am trying to convert this tsql to mysql but showing error need help
CREATE PROCEDURE FormAdd
#formName varchar(MAX)
AS
IF NOT EXISTS(SELECT * FROM tbl_Form WHERE formName=#formName)
BEGIN
INSERT INTO tbl_Form
(formName)
VALUES
(#formName)
SELECT ##identity
END
ELSE
BEGIN
SELECT '-1'
END
mysql
CREATE PROCEDURE FormAdd
(p_formName varchar(500) )
begin
INSERT INTO tbl_Form (formName)
VALUES (p_formName)
where NOT EXISTS(SELECT * FROM tbl_Form WHERE formName=p_formName) ;
SELECT Last_insert_id() as returnvalue ;
SELECT '-1' ;
end

Answer 1

Your attempt was syntactically invalid because logically, an INSERT statement cannot contain a WHERE clause since it does not act on existing rows.
If the purpose is to insert only if the value for p_formname is not already present, then an appropriate step would be to define a unique index on that column first. Then, construct your procedure to attempt the insert and inspect the ROW_COUNT() value to see if one was inserted and act accordingly, returning -1 if not to adapt your existing T-SQL procedure.
First create the unique index on p_formname:
ALTER TABLE tbl_Form ADD UNIQUE KEY `idx_formName` (`formName`);
Then your procedure should use INSERT INTO...ON DUPLICATE KEY UPDATE to attempt to insert the row. Per the documentation, the value of ROW_COUNT() will be 0 if a new row was not inserted or 1 if it was.
CREATE PROCEDURE FormAdd (p_formName varchar(500))
BEGIN
/* Attempt the insert, overwrite with the same value if necessary */
INSERT INTO tbl_Form (formName) VALUES (p_formName) ON DUPLICATE KEY UPDATE formName = p_formName;
/* Return the LAST_INSERT_ID() for a new row and -1 otherwise */
SELECT
CASE
WHEN ROW_COUNT() = 1 THEN LAST_INSERT_ID()
ELSE -1
END AS returnValue;
END