what you provided would almost do it... but i want to insert into the "dog table" the name that i submit...
i'd like to do something like.... if i submit dogname, ownername insert into dog (name, ownerid) values ($dogname, owner.id) select ownerid from owner where owner.name = $ownername; -bruce -----Original Message----- From: Emmett Bishop [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, July 04, 2004 12:59 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: mysql sql question Bruce, what you want it the insert into ... select statement. It's like this: insert into dog (name, ownerid) select name, ownerid from owner where ownerid = 8; Does that sound like what you need? -- Tripp --- bruce <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > hi... > > i have two hypothetical tables > create table owner ( > -> name char(20) , > -> ownerid int(10) auto_increment primary key); > > create table dog ( > -> name char(20) , > -> ownerid int(10), > -> dogid int(10) auto_increment primary key); > > i'm curious as to how i'd go about inserting a name > and the id of the owner, > in table "dog", in a single sql statement. > > something like this psuedo sql.. > insert table (name, ownerid) values ($name, > $ownerid) > where owner.owner = owner > > in other words, an app would supply the values for > the "dog name", and the > "owner". the sql would be able to derive the > "ownerid" for the "owner" from > the owner table, and then be able to insert the > "ownerid", and "dogname" > into the dog table... > > searching through google gets me to being able to > write a php/perl script > where i can do this using multiple sql statements.. > but i'm trying to see > how to do it in a single statement... > > any comments/criticisms would be helpful... > > thanks... > > -bruce > > > -- > MySQL General Mailing List > For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql > To unsubscribe: > http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? New and Improved Yahoo! Mail - 100MB free storage! http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
