RE: [GENERAL] insert problem.

> Hi,
>
> I've got this little problem:
> I've got two relations:
> groups(name text); -- This one contains the name of usergroups;
> users (username text, groupid oid, constraint grid primary
> key(username));
> -- The users relation contains the name of the users along with the
> group
> relation's oid as a foreign key.
> I'd like to insert a new user and I also know the group's he or she
> belongs to:
>
> elmu=> insert into users values('Average Joe', (select oid from groups
> where groups.name='grp1'));
> ERROR: parser: parse error at or near "select"
>
> What's wrong with the insertion?
try:
insert into users
select 'Average Joe', oid
from groups
where name = 'grp1';
-DEJ

> Thanks in advance
>
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