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the CREATE TABLE command.  ^For the INSERT and
UPDATE commands, the keywords "ON CONFLICT" are replaced by "OR" so that
the syntax reads more naturally.  For example, instead of
"INSERT ON CONFLICT IGNORE" we have "INSERT OR IGNORE".
The keywords change but the meaning of the clause is the same
either way.</p>

<p>The ON CONFLICT clause applies to UNIQUE and NOT NULL
constraints (and to PRIMARY KEY constraints which for the purposes 
of this section are the same thing as UNIQUE constraints).
The ON CONFLICT algorithm does not
apply to [FOREIGN KEY constraints].
There are five conflict resolution algorithm choices:
ROLLBACK, ABORT, FAIL, IGNORE, and REPLACE.
^The default conflict resolution algorithm is ABORT.  This
is what they mean:</p>

of the SQL statement as if nothing went wrong.
Other rows before and after the row that
contained the constraint violation are inserted or updated
normally. ^No error is returned when the IGNORE conflict resolution
algorithm is used.</p></dd>

<dt><b>REPLACE</b></dt>

<dd><p> ^When a UNIQUE constraint violation occurs, the REPLACE algorithm
deletes pre-existing rows that are causing the constraint violation
prior to inserting or updating the current row and the command continues 
executing normally.
^If a NOT NULL constraint violation occurs, the REPLACE conflict
resolution replaces the NULL value with
the default value for that column, or if the column has no default
value, then the ABORT algorithm is used.
^If a CHECK constraint violation occurs, the REPLACE conflict resolution
algorithm always works like ABORT.</p>

<p>^When the REPLACE conflict resolution strategy deletes rows in order to
satisfy a constraint, [CREATE TRIGGER | delete triggers] fire if and only if
[recursive_triggers pragma | recursive triggers] are enabled.</p>

<p>^The [sqlite3_update_hook | update hook] is not invoked for rows that