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Subject: Re: [INTERFACES] sql question
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Michael Meskes wrote:

> On Tue, Dec 07, 1999 at 09:14:37PM -0500, Joseph Shraibman wrote:
> > INSERT INTO application (key, creator, name) values ( 1 ,(select userkey
> > from
> > user where username = 'b' ), 'newapplication') ;
>
> INSERT INTO application (key, creator, name) SELECT 1, userkey,
> 'newapplication' from user where username = 'b';
>

owl=> INSERT INTO application (key, creator, name) values (select 1,userkey,
'newapplication'  from user where username = 'b' ) ;
ERROR:  parser: parse error at or near "select"
owl=> INSERT INTO application (key, creator, name) SELECT 1, userkey,
owl-> 'newapplication' from user where username = 'b';
ERROR:  parser: parse error at or near "user"
owl=>

Any other ideas?