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Posted by pltaylor3 on 07/06/06 16:30
thanks for your reply...the names are legacy. Just trying to make it
more functional.
Stu wrote:
> The syntax you are looking for is:
>
> INSERT INTO tblPartLocation (PartLocation, Part)
> SELECT 999, PartID
> FROM tblParts
> WHERE PartName = 'test'
>
> However, you may also want to reexamine your schema. Don't use tbl as
> a prefix for your tables; it's redundant, and unnecessary. Also, you
> have a column named Part in one table, but you're inserting the values
> of PartID from another table. If the columns represent the same thing,
> why don't you name them the same?
>
> HTH,
> Stu
>
>
> pltaylor3@gmail.com wrote:
> > I have tried this insert comand and it errors out telling me that i
> > cannot use subqueries this way. INSERT INTO tblPartLocation
> > (PartLocation, Part)VALUES (999,(SELECT PartID FROM tblParts WHERE
> > PartName = 'test'))
> >
> > how would i insert a value from a query?
> >
> > thanks for any help
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