MSQL:Wie überschreibe ich den Eintrag nur, wenn der neue höher ist? sonst neuen Eintrag erstellen

Ich würde insert .. on duplicate key update ... verwenden Aussage. Etwa so:

insert into highscore set
    name = :name,
    score = :new_score
on duplicate key update
    score = greatest(score, :new_score)

name Spalte sollte als unique indiziert werden .

Testskript:

create table player (
    name varchar(32) primary key,
    score int not null default 0
);

-- create new players
insert into player set name = 'foo', score = 100
    on duplicate key update score = greatest(score, 100);
insert into player set name = 'bar', score = 100
    on duplicate key update score = greatest(score, 100);
insert into player set name = 'baz', score = 100
    on duplicate key update score = greatest(score, 100);

-- update score of existing player
insert into player set name = 'bar', score = 200
    on duplicate key update score = greatest(score, 200);

Ausgabe von select * from player :

+------+-------+
| name | score |
+------+-------+
| bar  |   200 |
| baz  |   100 |
| foo  |   100 |
+------+-------+