"Insert if not exists" statement in SQLite

Question

I have an SQLite database. I am trying to insert values (users_id, lessoninfo_id) in table bookmarks, only if both do not exist before in a row.

INSERT INTO bookmarks(users_id,lessoninfo_id) 
VALUES(
    (SELECT _id FROM Users WHERE User='"+$('#user_lesson').html()+"'),
        (SELECT _id FROM lessoninfo 
        WHERE Lesson="+lesson_no+" AND cast(starttime AS int)="+Math.floor(result_set.rows.item(markerCount-1).starttime)+") 
        WHERE NOT EXISTS (
            SELECT users_id,lessoninfo_id from bookmarks 
            WHERE users_id=(SELECT _id FROM Users 
            WHERE User='"+$('#user_lesson').html()+"') AND lessoninfo_id=(
                SELECT _id FROM lessoninfo
                WHERE Lesson="+lesson_no+")))

This gives an error saying:

db error near where syntax.

Answer 1

If you never want to have duplicates, you should declare this as a table constraint:

CREATE TABLE bookmarks(
    users_id INTEGER,
    lessoninfo_id INTEGER,
    UNIQUE(users_id, lessoninfo_id)
);

(A primary key over both columns would have the same effect.)

It is then possible to tell the database that you want to silently ignore records that would violate such a constraint:

INSERT OR IGNORE INTO bookmarks(users_id, lessoninfo_id) VALUES(123, 456)