can't insert into questions( ) select from questions .
the error is : not unique table or alias .
tried with insert into ... select a.field1 , a.filed2 from questions as a .
not working ;)
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From: "Brent Baisley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "cristian ditoiu" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>;
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, June 10, 2002 10:53 PM
Subject: Re: php+mysql+multiple lines qry
> Why not just use something like:
> insert into questions (field1,field2,...) select...
>
> You don't need to create temp tables for your data and all the other
> complicated stuff.
>
> > hello .
> > i use php 4.12 + mysql 3.23.49 on linux .
> > i've developed a online testing(quiz) -aplication that now is expected
to
> > behave somehow different from what i've had in mind at the begining .
More
> > exactly :
> >
> > i have 3 tables (MyIsam):
> >
> > 1. tests (id,name,desc)
> > 2. questions (id,id_test_fk,desc)
> > 3. answer(id,id_q_fk,desc,points) .
> >
> > i want to copy a question from one test to another .
> > If i knew that from the start , i would have designed the tables
differntly
> > , but that's another problem .
> > the point is i'm trying to do a 'quick_and_dirty' patch like this :
> > ----------
> > set @test_id=$test_target;
> > set @q_id=$qid;
> >
> > create temporary table q_temp as select * from questions;
> > create temporary table ans_temp as select * from answers;
> >
> > insert into questions select
> >
'',@test_id,t2.q_type,t2.description,t2.dimension,t2.combination,t2.checkit
> > from q_temp as t2 where id=@q_id;
> > select @last:=LAST_INSERT_ID();
> > insert into answers select '',@last,score,description from ans_temp
where
> > id_question_fk=@q_id;
> > ------
> > where $test_target and $qid are given from php .
> >
> > my problem is that this query works and dows what is expected when run
from
> > mysql ,
> > but NOT from php . No error , nada . I even tryed to do dirty thing
> > (shell_exec('mysql -u user -p password database </tmp/qry.txt')) where
> > qry.txt was generated
> > by php (containing the above code) but NO luck .
> > could you please give a suggestion or ..smth ?
> >
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