Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2004 12:20:58 -0400 (AST)
From: "Marc G. Fournier" <scrappy@postgresql.org>
To: Karl Denninger <karl@denninger.net>
Cc: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: Ok, what am I doing wrong here?
In-Reply-To: <20040217100250.A65968@Denninger.Net>
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References: <20040217100250.A65968@Denninger.Net>
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On Tue, 17 Feb 2004, Karl Denninger wrote:

> I want to insert values from one table into another, and add some "default"
> values (that are not defaults on the table different reasons - that is, this
> is maintenance function and in normal operation there would be "real" values
> there - and null is valid)
>
> So, I want to do, for example, the following:
>
> insert into table (id, time, type) values (select id, now(), '1' from secondtable);
>
> Postgres's command line pukes on this, complaining that "select" is invalid
> inside the values part of the definition.
>
> SQL's language specification says otherwise, as does "\h insert" from the
> command line.
>
> The query stand-alone returns a table with values that are valid for the
> table I wish to insert into.
>
> Where's my brain-fade on this?

INSERT INTO table (id, time, type) SELECT id, now(), '1' FROM secondtable;

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