Re: insert related data into two tables

filippo2991(at)virgilio(dot)it wrote:

>Hello,
>
>I have two tables like these:
>
>TABLE_1: people registry
>fields: ID_T1, SURNAME, NAME
>ID_T1 is primary key
>
>TABLE_2: work groups
>fields: ID_T2, TASK
>ID_T2 is foreign key related to ID_T1
>
>the first table is the list of employees, the second the task.
>
>Sometime I need to insert a new employee and at the same time the task
>for him:
>I want to INSERT TO table 1 JOHN DOE (the ID is assigned automatically
>since it's a primary key) and INSERT TO table 2 the ID and the task
>name for JOHN DOE. Is it possible to create a single query? What is the
>best way to do this?
>
>Thanks,
>
>Filippo
>
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maybe you could create a view for the join of the two tebles,
then make that view writable by creating the
appropriate triggers.
Then a single insert into the view would in fact create everything.