Update Query containg static data and data from another table.

[holmm]

Hi,

First post so apologies if this sounds a bit confusing!!

I'm trying to run the following update. On a weekly basis i want to
insert all the active users ids from a users table into a timesheets
table along with the last day of the week and a submitted flag set to
0. I plan then on creating a schduled job so the script runs weekly.
The 3 queries i plan to use are below.

Insert statement:

INSERT INTO TBL_TIMESHEETS (TBL_TIMESHEETS.USER_ID,
TBL_TIMESHEETS.WEEK_ENDING, TBL_TIMESHEETS.IS_SUBMITTED)
VALUES ('user ids', 'week end date', '0')

Get User Ids:

SELECT TBL_USERS.USER_ID from TBL_USERS where TBL_USERS.IS_ACTIVE = '1'

Get last date of the week
SELECT DATEADD(wk, DATEDIFF(wk,0,getdate()), 6)

I'm having trouble combing them as i'm pretty new to this. Is the best
approach to use a cursor?

If you need anymore info let me know. Thanks in advance.

[Hugo Kornelis]

On 28 Sep 2006 07:24:36 -0700, holmm wrote:

>Hi,

First post so apologies if this sounds a bit confusing!!

I'm trying to run the following update. On a weekly basis i want to
insert all the active users ids from a users table into a timesheets
table along with the last day of the week and a submitted flag set to
0. I plan then on creating a schduled job so the script runs weekly.
The 3 queries i plan to use are below.

Insert statement:

INSERT INTO TBL_TIMESHEETS (TBL_TIMESHEETS.USER_ID,
TBL_TIMESHEETS.WEEK_ENDING, TBL_TIMESHEETS.IS_SUBMITTED)
VALUES ('user ids', 'week end date', '0')

Get User Ids:

SELECT TBL_USERS.USER_ID from TBL_USERS where TBL_USERS.IS_ACTIVE = '1'

Get last date of the week
SELECT DATEADD(wk, DATEDIFF(wk,0,getdate()), 6)

I'm having trouble combing them as i'm pretty new to this. Is the best
approach to use a cursor?

If you need anymore info let me know. Thanks in advance.

Hi holmm,

Try if this gets you the desired results:

INSERT INTO TBL_TIMESHEETS
(TBL_TIMESHEETS.USER_ID, TBL_TIMESHEETS.WEEK_ENDING,
TBL_TIMESHEETS.IS_SUBMITTED)
SELECT TBL_USERS.USER_ID, DATEADD(wk, DATEDIFF(wk,0,getdate()), 6), '0'
FROM TBL_USERS
WHERE TBL_USERS.IS_ACTIVE = '1';

(Untested - see www.aspfaq.com/5006 if you prefer a tested reply)

--
Hugo Kornelis, SQL Server MVP

[ZeldorBlat]

holmm wrote:

Hi,

First post so apologies if this sounds a bit confusing!!

I'm trying to run the following update. On a weekly basis i want to
insert all the active users ids from a users table into a timesheets
table along with the last day of the week and a submitted flag set to
0. I plan then on creating a schduled job so the script runs weekly.
The 3 queries i plan to use are below.

Insert statement:

INSERT INTO TBL_TIMESHEETS (TBL_TIMESHEETS.USER_ID,
TBL_TIMESHEETS.WEEK_ENDING, TBL_TIMESHEETS.IS_SUBMITTED)
VALUES ('user ids', 'week end date', '0')

Get User Ids:

SELECT TBL_USERS.USER_ID from TBL_USERS where TBL_USERS.IS_ACTIVE = '1'

Get last date of the week
SELECT DATEADD(wk, DATEDIFF(wk,0,getdate()), 6)

I'm having trouble combing them as i'm pretty new to this. Is the best
approach to use a cursor?

If you need anymore info let me know. Thanks in advance.

You've already got all the parts you need. Just stick 'em together :)

INSERT INTO TBL_TIMESHEETS (USER_ID, WEEK_ENDING, IS_SUBMITTED)
SELECT USER_ID, DATEADD(wk, DATEDIFF(wk, 0, getdate()), 6), 0
FROM TBL_USERS
WHERE IS_ACTIVE = '1'

[Ed Murphy]

holmm wrote:

Is the best approach to use a cursor?

Almost never.

[holmm]

Ed Murphy wrote:

holmm wrote:

Is the best approach to use a cursor?

Almost never.

Thanks for the replys. I'll go for the simply insert statement rather
than a cursor.