Re: Subselect query for a multi table insert single query

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: "Norman Khine" <norman(at)khine(dot)net>
Cc: "Pgsql-Novice" <pgsql-novice(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Subselect query for a multi table insert single query
Date: 2002-09-23 04:18:54
Message-ID: 14841.1032754734@sss.pgh.pa.us
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"Norman Khine" <norman(at)khine(dot)net> writes:
> What should be the correct syntax for embedding this.

This would work fine:

INSERT INTO table VALUES (foo, bar, baz, currval('seq'), ...);

The elements of an INSERT/VALUES list are expressions, not
necessarily literal constants.

regards, tom lane

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