Re: How to script inserts where id is needed as fk

Am 08.11.2013 20:48, schrieb Jonathan S. Katz:
> On Nov 8, 2013, at 2:44 PM, Michael Schmidt wrote:
>
>> Hi guys,
>>
>> i need to script some insert statements. To simplify it a little bit so assume i got a
>>
>> table "User" and a table called "Article". Both tables have an serial id column. In "Articles" there is a column i need to fill with the user id lets call it "create_user_id".
>>
>> I want to do something like:
>>
>> Insert into User (name) values ('User1');
>>
>> Insert into Article ('create_user_id') values (1);
>> Insert into Article ('create_user_id') values (1);
>>
>> Insert into User (name) values ('User2');
>>
>> Insert into Article ('create_user_id') values (2);
>> Insert into Article ('create_user_id') values (2);
>>
>> So you see i have set it to 1 and 2 this not good cause it might not be 1 and 2.
>> I probably need the id returned by the "insert into User" query to use it for the "insert into Article" query.
> If you are on PG 9.1 and above, you can use a writeable CTE to do this:
>
> WITH users AS (
> INSERT INTO User (name)
> VALUES ('user1')
> RETURNING id
> )
> INSERT INTO Article ('create_user_id')
> SELECT id
> FROM users;
>
> Jonathan
>
Thanks.

This will work if i am trying to insert just one article but i have
multiple.

To extend my scenario a little bit i have a third level called
'Incredient' and they need the Article id. I dont think this will work
anymore with the with clause. Any new approaches?