diff --git a/src/convenient.rs b/src/convenient.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..202c964
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/convenient.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+use super::ffi;
+
+use {Error, Result, Statement};
+use types::ToSql;
+
+impl<'conn> Statement<'conn> {
+    /// Execute an INSERT and return the ROWID.
+    ///
+    /// # Failure
+    /// Will return `Err` if no row is inserted or many rows are inserted.
+    pub fn insert(&mut self, params: &[&ToSql]) -> Result<i64> {
+        let changes = try!(self.execute(params));
+        match changes {
+            1 => Ok(self.conn.last_insert_rowid()),
+            _ => Err(Error::QueryInsertedRows(changes))
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Return `true` if a query in the SQL statement it executes returns one or more rows
+    /// and `false` if the SQL returns an empty set.
+    pub fn exists(&mut self, params: &[&ToSql]) -> Result<bool> {
+        self.reset_if_needed();
+        unsafe {
+            try!(self.bind_parameters(params));
+            let r = ffi::sqlite3_step(self.stmt);
+            ffi::sqlite3_reset(self.stmt);
+            match r {
+                ffi::SQLITE_DONE => Ok(false),
+                ffi::SQLITE_ROW => Ok(true),
+                _ => Err(self.conn.decode_result(r).unwrap_err()),
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod test {
+    use {Connection, Error};
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_insert() {
+        let db = Connection::open_in_memory().unwrap();
+        db.execute_batch("CREATE TABLE foo(x INTEGER UNIQUE)").unwrap();
+        let mut stmt = db.prepare("INSERT OR IGNORE INTO foo (x) VALUES (?)").unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(stmt.insert(&[&1i32]).unwrap(), 1);
+        assert_eq!(stmt.insert(&[&2i32]).unwrap(), 2);
+        match stmt.insert(&[&1i32]).unwrap_err() {
+            Error::QueryInsertedRows(0) => (),
+            err => panic!("Unexpected error {}", err),
+        }
+        let mut multi = db.prepare("INSERT INTO foo (x) SELECT 3 UNION ALL SELECT 4").unwrap();
+        match multi.insert(&[]).unwrap_err() {
+            Error::QueryInsertedRows(2) => (),
+            err => panic!("Unexpected error {}", err),
+        }
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_exists() {
+        let db = Connection::open_in_memory().unwrap();
+        let sql = "BEGIN;
+                   CREATE TABLE foo(x INTEGER);
+                   INSERT INTO foo VALUES(1);
+                   INSERT INTO foo VALUES(2);
+                   END;";
+        db.execute_batch(sql).unwrap();
+        let mut stmt = db.prepare("SELECT 1 FROM foo WHERE x = ?").unwrap();
+        assert!(stmt.exists(&[&1i32]).unwrap());
+        assert!(stmt.exists(&[&2i32]).unwrap());
+        assert!(!stmt.exists(&[&0i32]).unwrap());
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/src/error.rs b/src/error.rs
index ba93df8..2f7ce45 100644
--- a/src/error.rs
+++ b/src/error.rs
@@ -66,6 +66,9 @@ pub enum Error {
     #[cfg(feature = "functions")]
     #[allow(dead_code)]
     UserFunctionError(Box<error::Error + Send + Sync>),
+
+    /// Error when a query that was expected to insert one row did not insert any or insert many.
+    QueryInsertedRows(c_int),
 }
 
 impl From<str::Utf8Error> for Error {
@@ -102,6 +105,8 @@ impl fmt::Display for Error {
             &Error::InvalidFunctionParameterType => write!(f, "Invalid function parameter type"),
             #[cfg(feature = "functions")]
             &Error::UserFunctionError(ref err) => err.fmt(f),
+
+            &Error::QueryInsertedRows(i) => write!(f, "Query inserted {} rows", i),
         }
     }
 }
@@ -128,6 +133,8 @@ impl error::Error for Error {
             &Error::InvalidFunctionParameterType => "invalid function parameter type",
             #[cfg(feature = "functions")]
             &Error::UserFunctionError(ref err) => err.description(),
+
+            &Error::QueryInsertedRows(_) => "query inserted zero or more than one row",
         }
     }
 
@@ -151,6 +158,8 @@ impl error::Error for Error {
             &Error::InvalidFunctionParameterType => None,
             #[cfg(feature = "functions")]
             &Error::UserFunctionError(ref err) => Some(&**err),
+
+            &Error::QueryInsertedRows(_) => None,
         }
     }
 }