Hi,
I have a very simple issue: for simplicity lets say I have 2 tables, A and
B.
- Table A contains 5 fields. Amongst these there is a 'id'-field which
is but a reference to table B.
- Table B contains 2 fields: 'id' and 'text'
In order to post data to table A I thus (from a known text value that should
match 1 value in B.text) have to get the value of B.text before performing
the UPDATE/INSERT statement.
How is this possible?
I would have thought something like
INSERT INTO A (val1, val2, val3, ID, val4)
VALUES ('x1','x2','x3' , SELECT id FROM B WHERE [SOME TEXT VALUE] = B.text,
'x4')
however this is not possible, so I'm lost - not experienced in the arts of
SQL:-)
Hope someone can help.
Best Regards,
Daniel 6 18247
On Feb 22, 8:57 am, "dhek" <d...@REMOVEvip .cybercity.dkwr ote:
Hi,
I have a very simple issue: for simplicity lets say I have 2 tables, A and
B.
- Table A contains 5 fields. Amongst these there is a 'id'-field which
is but a reference to table B.
- Table B contains 2 fields: 'id' and 'text'
In order to post data to table A I thus (from a known text value that should
match 1 value in B.text) have to get the value of B.text before performing
the UPDATE/INSERT statement.
How is this possible?
I would have thought something like
INSERT INTO A (val1, val2, val3, ID, val4)
VALUES ('x1','x2','x3' , SELECT id FROM B WHERE [SOME TEXT VALUE] = B.text,
'x4')
however this is not possible, so I'm lost - not experienced in the arts of
SQL:-)
Hope someone can help.
Best Regards,
Daniel
Try something more like this:
INSERT INTO ATable(val1, val2, val3, ID, val4)
SELECT 'x1', 'x2', 'x3', b.id, 'x4'
FROM BTable b
WHERE b.Text = ['Your Text Here']
>I have a very simple issue: for simplicity lets say I have 2 tables, A
>and B. - Table A contains 5 fields. Amongst these there is a 'id'-field which is but a reference to table B. - Table B contains 2 fields: 'id' and 'text'
In order to post data to table A I thus (from a known text value that should match 1 value in B.text) have to get the value of B.text before performing the UPDATE/INSERT statement.
How is this possible?
I would have thought something like
INSERT INTO A (val1, val2, val3, ID, val4) VALUES ('x1','x2','x3' , SELECT id FROM B WHERE [SOME TEXT VALUE] = B.text, 'x4')
however this is not possible, so I'm lost - not experienced in the arts of SQL:-)
Hope someone can help.
Best Regards, Daniel
Try something more like this:
INSERT INTO ATable(val1, val2, val3, ID, val4)
SELECT 'x1', 'x2', 'x3', b.id, 'x4'
FROM BTable b
WHERE b.Text = ['Your Text Here']
But this is not possible since table B only contains 2 fields (id, and text)
or am I misunderstandig u?
dhek wrote:
>>I have a very simple issue: for simplicity lets say I have 2 tables, A and B. - Table A contains 5 fields. Amongst these there is a 'id'-field which is but a reference to table B. - Table B contains 2 fields: 'id' and 'text'
In order to post data to table A I thus (from a known text value that should match 1 value in B.text) have to get the value of B.text before performing the UPDATE/INSERT statement.
How is this possible?
I would have thought something like
INSERT INTO A (val1, val2, val3, ID, val4) VALUES ('x1','x2','x3' , SELECT id FROM B WHERE [SOME TEXT VALUE] = B.text, 'x4')
however this is not possible, so I'm lost - not experienced in the arts of SQL:-)
Hope someone can help.
Best Regards, Daniel
Try something more like this:
INSERT INTO ATable(val1, val2, val3, ID, val4) SELECT 'x1', 'x2', 'x3', b.id, 'x4' FROM BTable b WHERE b.Text = ['Your Text Here']
But this is not possible since table B only contains 2 fields (id, and text)
or am I misunderstandig u?
The SELECT portion only gets one of its five values (b.id) from
table B; it gets the other four from the values provided directly
on the SELECT line (which, in practice, might instead be input
parameters to a stored procedure).
Consider this hypothetical alternative:
INSERT INTO ATable(val1, val2, val3, ID, val4)
SELECT c.x1, c.x2, c.x3, b.id, c.x4
FROM BTable b
JOIN Ctable c on b.id = c.id
WHERE b.Text = ['Your Text Here']
Obviously x1 through x4 aren't taken from table B in this case. In
Utahduck's example, x1 through x4 aren't taken from /any/ table.
"Ed Murphy" <em*******@soca l.rr.comwrote in message
news:45******** *************** @roadrunner.com ...
dhek wrote:
>>>I have a very simple issue: for simplicity lets say I have 2 tables, A and B. - Table A contains 5 fields. Amongst these there is a 'id'-field which is but a reference to table B. - Table B contains 2 fields: 'id' and 'text'
In order to post data to table A I thus (from a known text value that should match 1 value in B.text) have to get the value of B.text before performing the UPDATE/INSERT statement.
How is this possible?
I would have thought something like
INSERT INTO A (val1, val2, val3, ID, val4) VALUES ('x1','x2','x3' , SELECT id FROM B WHERE [SOME TEXT VALUE] = B.text, 'x4')
however this is not possible, so I'm lost - not experienced in the arts of SQL:-)
Hope someone can help.
Best Regards, Daniel Try something more like this:
INSERT INTO ATable(val1, val2, val3, ID, val4) SELECT 'x1', 'x2', 'x3', b.id, 'x4' FROM BTable b WHERE b.Text = ['Your Text Here']
But this is not possible since table B only contains 2 fields (id, and text) or am I misunderstandig u?
The SELECT portion only gets one of its five values (b.id) from
table B; it gets the other four from the values provided directly
on the SELECT line (which, in practice, might instead be input
parameters to a stored procedure).
Consider this hypothetical alternative:
INSERT INTO ATable(val1, val2, val3, ID, val4)
SELECT c.x1, c.x2, c.x3, b.id, c.x4
FROM BTable b
JOIN Ctable c on b.id = c.id
WHERE b.Text = ['Your Text Here']
Obviously x1 through x4 aren't taken from table B in this case. In
Utahduck's example, x1 through x4 aren't taken from /any/ table.
He maaaaan, I totally get it now and it works like a bloody charm. If I
could, I would award u guyz 1000000 points each - I really appreciate it -
thanks a lot.
Best Regards,
Daniel
On Feb 22, 10:06 am, Ed Murphy <emurph...@soca l.rr.comwrote:
dhek wrote:
>I have a very simple issue: for simplicity lets say I have 2 tables, A and B. - Table A contains 5 fields. Amongst these there is a 'id'-field which is but a reference to table B. - Table B contains 2 fields: 'id' and 'text'
>In order to post data to table A I thus (from a known text value that should match 1 value in B.text) have to get the value of B.text before performing the UPDATE/INSERT statement.
>How is this possible?
>I would have thought something like
>INSERT INTO A (val1, val2, val3, ID, val4) VALUES ('x1','x2','x3' , SELECT id FROM B WHERE [SOME TEXT VALUE] = B.text, 'x4')
>however this is not possible, so I'm lost - not experienced in the arts of SQL:-)
>Hope someone can help.
>Best Regards, Daniel
Try something more like this:
INSERT INTO ATable(val1, val2, val3, ID, val4)
SELECT 'x1', 'x2', 'x3', b.id, 'x4'
FROM BTable b
WHERE b.Text = ['Your Text Here']
But this is not possible since table B only contains 2 fields (id, and text)
or am I misunderstandig u?
The SELECT portion only gets one of its five values (b.id) from
table B; it gets the other four from the values provided directly
on the SELECT line (which, in practice, might instead be input
parameters to a stored procedure).
Consider this hypothetical alternative:
INSERT INTO ATable(val1, val2, val3, ID, val4)
SELECT c.x1, c.x2, c.x3, b.id, c.x4
FROM BTable b
JOIN Ctable c on b.id = c.id
WHERE b.Text = ['Your Text Here']
Obviously x1 through x4 aren't taken from table B in this case. In
Utahduck's example, x1 through x4 aren't taken from /any/ table.
This is correct. You don't need to "select" from any table. You can
even do things like:
SELECT GetDate() -- Get the date... no tables involved at all
SELECT 'I got this from ATable', * FROM ATable -- I do this quite
often when merging several tables into one so I know the source
SELECT 2+2 -- Just in case you forget what that comes to. :D
SELECT 'Hello World!' -- I do this quite often as a form of
troubleshooting , thought it more closely resembles SELECT 'Finished
Step #7'
Hope that helps!
<Ut******@hotma il.comwrote in message
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On Feb 22, 10:06 am, Ed Murphy <emurph...@soca l.rr.comwrote:
>dhek wrote:
>>I have a very simple issue: for simplicity lets say I have 2 tables, A and B. - Table A contains 5 fields. Amongst these there is a 'id'-field which is but a reference to table B. - Table B contains 2 fields: 'id' and 'text'
>>In order to post data to table A I thus (from a known text value that should match 1 value in B.text) have to get the value of B.text before performing the UPDATE/INSERT statement.
>>How is this possible?
>>I would have thought something like
>>INSERT INTO A (val1, val2, val3, ID, val4) VALUES ('x1','x2','x3' , SELECT id FROM B WHERE [SOME TEXT VALUE] = B.text, 'x4')
>>however this is not possible, so I'm lost - not experienced in the arts of SQL:-)
>>Hope someone can help.
>>Best Regards, Daniel Try something more like this:
>INSERT INTO ATable(val1, val2, val3, ID, val4) SELECT 'x1', 'x2', 'x3', b.id, 'x4' FROM BTable b WHERE b.Text = ['Your Text Here']
But this is not possible since table B only contains 2 fields (id, and
text)
or am I misunderstandig u?
The SELECT portion only gets one of its five values (b.id) from table B; it gets the other four from the values provided directly on the SELECT line (which, in practice, might instead be input parameters to a stored procedure).
Consider this hypothetical alternative:
INSERT INTO ATable(val1, val2, val3, ID, val4) SELECT c.x1, c.x2, c.x3, b.id, c.x4 FROM BTable b JOIN Ctable c on b.id = c.id WHERE b.Text = ['Your Text Here']
Obviously x1 through x4 aren't taken from table B in this case. In Utahduck's example, x1 through x4 aren't taken from /any/ table.
This is correct. You don't need to "select" from any table. You can
even do things like:
SELECT GetDate() -- Get the date... no tables involved at all
SELECT 'I got this from ATable', * FROM ATable -- I do this quite
often when merging several tables into one so I know the source
SELECT 2+2 -- Just in case you forget what that comes to. :D
SELECT 'Hello World!' -- I do this quite often as a form of
troubleshooting , thought it more closely resembles SELECT 'Finished
Step #7'
Hope that helps!
It all help indeed of my lacking understanding of what is possible and what
is not. This clearifies a great deal and makes my life much easier. I'm no
longer a troubled man:-)
Thanks again for all your help - I really appreciate it.
Best Regards,
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