Re: INSERT question

From: Bruno Wolff III <bruno(at)wolff(dot)to>
To: sarlav kumar <sarlavk(at)yahoo(dot)com>
Cc: pgsqlperform <pgsql-performance(at)postgresql(dot)org>, pgsql-novice(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: INSERT question
Date: 2004-12-13 16:49:52
Message-ID: 20041213164952.GC546@wolff.to
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On Mon, Dec 13, 2004 at 08:28:39 -0800,
sarlav kumar <sarlavk(at)yahoo(dot)com> wrote:
>
> Is there a way to write the INSERT as follows?
>
> INSERT into merchant_buyer_country (merchant_id,country,enabled,group_id) values (1203,
> (SELECT code FROM country WHERE send IS NOT NULL OR receive IS NOT NULL), 'true',1);
>

You have to use a SELECT instead of the VAlues clause. Something like the
following should work:
INSERT INTO merchant_buyer_country (merchant_id, country, enabled, group_id)
SELECT 1203, code, TRUE, 1 FROM country
WHERE send IS NOT NULL OR receive IS NOT NULL
;

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