"Insert if not exists" statement in SQLite

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.

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If you have a table called memos that has two columns id and text you should be able to do like this:

INSERT INTO memos(id,text) 
SELECT 5, 'text to insert' 
WHERE NOT EXISTS(SELECT 1 FROM memos WHERE id = 5 AND text = 'text to insert');

If a record already contains a row where text is equal to 'text to insert' and id is equal to 5, then the insert operation will be ignored.

I don't know if this will work for your particular query, but perhaps it give you a hint on how to proceed.

I would advice that you instead design your table so that no duplicates are allowed as explained in @CLs answer below.

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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)

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for unique column use this:

INSERT OR REPLACE INTO table () values();

more: sqlite.org/lang_insert

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