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From: "Josh Berkus" <josh@agliodbs.com>
Subject: Re: INSERT Syntax
To: "Joseph Syjuco" <joseph@asti.dost.gov.ph>, <pgsql-sql@postgresql.org>
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Joseph,

> insert into table1(field1,field2) values (select field1, field2 from
> table
> 2);

Actually, that won't work in SQL Server either.  The correct syntax (for
both databases) is:

INSERT INTO table1 ( field1, field2 )
SELECT field1, field2 FROM table2;

The "VALUES" syntax is only appropriate if you are inserting a set of
constants with no SELECT statement involved.

-Josh Berkus


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