Re: INSERT question

Thanks guys!! that worked!:)

Michael Adler <adler(at)pobox(dot)com> wrote:
On Mon, Dec 13, 2004 at 08:28:39AM -0800, sarlav kumar wrote:
> 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);
>
> I tried this, but I get the following problem:
> ERROR: More than one tuple returned by a subselect used as an expression.

INSERT into merchant_buyer_country (merchant_id,country,enabled,group_id)
SELECT 1203, code FROM country WHERE send IS NOT NULL OR receive IS NOT NULL;

-Mike Adler

Bruno Wolff III <bruno(at)wolff(dot)to> wrote:
On Mon, Dec 13, 2004 at 08:28:39 -0800,
sarlav kumar 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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