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List:       postgresql-general
Subject:    Re: [GENERAL] How to do this in SQL?
From:       Stuart Rison <stuart () ludwig ! ucl ! ac ! uk>
Date:       1999-03-30 15:50:12
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>Let's say I had a table...
>CREATE TABLE book (
>   author oid,
>   name text );
>and...
>CREATE TABLE author (
>   name text );
>
>and I wanted to create a book pointing to author with name 'Tolstoy'. I
>want to do something like...
>
>INSERT INTO book(name,author) values('War and Peace',
>      (SELECT oid FROM author WHERE name = 'Tolstoy'));
>
>but this doesn't work. What is the correct syntax?
>

try \h insert in psql for a description of the correct syntax.

Your query becomes:

INSERT INTO book(author,name)
	SELECT oid,'War and Peace'
	FROM author
	WHERE name='Tolstoy';

Stuart.


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