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diff --git a/src/TSN/XmlImport.hs b/src/TSN/XmlImport.hs
index 3791ab5..4300e87 100644
--- a/src/TSN/XmlImport.hs
+++ b/src/TSN/XmlImport.hs
@@ -26,3 +26,18 @@ class (FromXml a, PersistEntity (Db a)) => XmlImport a where
                   => a
                   -> m ( Either (AutoKey (Db a)) (AutoKey (Db a)) )
   insertByAll_xml x = insertByAll (from_xml x)
+
+
+  -- | Try to insert the given object and get its primary key
+  --   back. Or, if there's a unique constraint violation, get the
+  --   primary key of the unique thing already present.
+  --
+  --   Note: we can switch to using fmap here as soon as Functor is a
+  --   superclass of Monad (PersistBackend is a Monad).
+  --
+  insert_xml_or_select :: (PersistBackend m)
+                       => a
+                       -> m (AutoKey (Db a))
+  insert_xml_or_select x = do
+    tmp <- insertByAll_xml x
+    return $ (either id id) tmp