Sorry. I forgot some columns: insert into tempclass (pkid, depart, sessionid, instrid, *classeq, facility, schedule*) Select cl.pkid, cl.depart, cl.sessionid, cl.instrid, cl.classseq,(select facility from esloc where esloc.pkid = cl.locationid) as facility, cl.schedule from esclass cl where cl.pkid in (14507,14508)
2010/11/25 Carla <cgourof...@hotmail.com> > Try to explicit the column names. Something like: > > insert into tempclass (pkid, depart, sessionid, instrid) > > Select cl.pkid, cl.depart, cl.sessionid, cl.instrid, > cl.classseq,(select facility from esloc where esloc.pkid = cl.locationid) > as > facility, cl.schedule from esclass cl where cl.pkid in (14507,14508) > > 2010/11/24 John Fabiani <jo...@jfcomputer.com> > > Hi, >> I have a strange issue that is mostly likely me not understanding >> something. >> I always thought that an insert statement would accept any select >> statement. >> I'm guessing I am wrong. >> >> I have created a temporary table ("tempclass") that is exact match to an >> existing table ('esclass'). >> >> When I attempt to do the following >> insert into tempclass Select cl.pkid, cl.depart, cl.sessionid, cl.instrid, >> cl.classseq,(select facility from esloc where esloc.pkid = cl.locationid) >> as >> facility, cl.schedule from esclass cl where cl.pkid in (14507,14508) >> >> I get the following error: >> >> ERROR: column "schedule" is of type date but expression is of type >> character >> varying >> LINE 1: ... cl.depart, cl.sessionid, cl.instrid, cl.classseq,(select fa... >> ^ >> HINT: You will need to rewrite or cast the expression. >> >> The error makes no sense to me. But most important if I just run the >> select >> statement it works perfectly. >> >> Like I said the table "tempclass" (a temporary) is a dup of table >> "esclass" so >> none of it makes sense. Of course I did say I'm missing something. >> >> So why isn't the select statement working with the insert? >> >> Johnf >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> Sent via pgsql-sql mailing list (pgsql-sql@postgresql.org) >> To make changes to your subscription: >> http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-sql >> >> >