Do there exist $f$ and $g$ continuous functions on $[1,2]$ such that $\int f dg$ does not exist?

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Do there exist $f$ and $g$ continuous functions on $[1,2]$ such that $\int f dg$ does not exist ?

I tried with

$f(x)=1$

$g(x) = \begin{cases} (x-1)\sin\left(\frac{1}{x-1}\right) & \text{if } x \neq 1 \\ 0 & \text{if } x = 1 \end{cases}$

I chose $g$ which is not a bounded variation function.

Is it good example?

Another example is :

$f(x)= \begin{cases} (x-1)\sin\left(\frac{1}{x-1}\right) & \text{if } x \neq 1 \\ 0 & \text{if } x = 1 \end{cases}$

$g(x) = \begin{cases} (x-1)\sin\left(\frac{1}{x-1}\right) & \text{if } x \neq 1 \\ 0 & \text{if } x = 1 \end{cases}$

but how can I prove it ?

Riemann-Stieltjes integral is really hard, so proving existence or non existence is hard.